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The first mosaics in Madaba were discovered during the building of new houses using bricks from older buildings. The new...
06/03/2019

The first mosaics in Madaba were discovered during the building of new houses using bricks from older buildings. The new inhabitants of Madaba, made conscious of the importance of the mosaics by their priests, made sure that they took care of and preserved all the mosaics that came to light.

@ Church of St. John the Baptist, Madaba, Jordan

The mosaics of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.In 326–328, the empress Helena, consort of the emperor Constantius Ch...
05/03/2019

The mosaics of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.
In 326–328, the empress Helena, consort of the emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of the emperor Constantine the Great, made a pilgrimage to Syra-Palaestina, in the course of which she visited the ruins of Bethlehem.The Church of the Nativity was built at her initiative over the cave where Jesus was purported to have been born. During the Samaritan revolt of 529, Bethlehem was sacked and its walls and the Church of the Nativity destroyed; they were rebuilt on the orders of the Emperor Justinian I. In 614, the Persian Sassanid Empire, supported by Jewish rebels, invaded Palestina Prima and captured Bethlehem. A story recounted in later sources holds that they refrained from destroying the church on seeing the magi depicted in Persian clothing in a mosaic.
@ Bethlehem, West Bank

In the Byzantine period Jerusalem was extended southwards and again enclosed by city walls.Muslims occupied Byzantine Je...
05/01/2019

In the Byzantine period Jerusalem was extended southwards and again enclosed by city walls.
Muslims occupied Byzantine Jerusalem in the 7th century (637 CE) under the second caliph, `Umar Ibn al-Khattab who annexed it to the Islamic Arab Empire.
Today, the Old City of Jerusalem is roughly divided into the Muslim Quarter, Christian Quarter, Armenian Quarter and Jewish Quarter. The Old City's monumental defensive walls and city gates were built in the years 1535–1542 by the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
@ Jerusalem, Palestine

In its current form, the gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Em...
04/01/2019

In its current form, the gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
In the square behind this gate stood a Roman victory column topped by a statue of Emperor Hadrian, as depicted on the 6th-century Madaba Map. This historical detail is preserved in the current gate's Arabic name, Bab el-Amud, meaning "gate of the column".

In its current form, the Damascus gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the O...
04/01/2019

In its current form, the Damascus gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
In the square behind this gate stood a Roman victory column topped by a statue of Emperor Hadrian, as depicted on the 6th-century byzantine Madaba Map. This historical detail is preserved in the current gate's Arabic name, Bab el-Amud, meaning "gate of the column".

In its current form, the Damascus gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the O...
04/01/2019

In its current form, the Damascus gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Beneath the current gate, the remains of an earlier gate can be seen, dating back to the time of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who visited the region in 130–131 CE. In the square behind this gate stood a Roman victory column topped by a statue of Emperor Hadrian, as depicted on the 6th-century Byzantine Madaba Map. This historical detail is preserved in the current gate's Arabic name, Bab el-Amud, meaning "gate of the column".

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives is the most ancient Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem. Burial on the Mount of Oliv...
22/12/2018

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives is the most ancient Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem. Burial on the Mount of Olives started some 3,000 years ago in the First Temple Period, and continues to this day. The legal standing of the Jews of the Byzantine Empire was unique during the entire history of the Empire; they did not belong to the Christian Eastern Orthodox faith, which was the state religion, nor were they—in most circumstances—grouped together with heretics and pagans. They were placed in a legal position somewhere between the two worlds.

The church of Nativity was originally commissioned in 327 by Constantine the Great and his mother Helena on the site tha...
22/12/2018

The church of Nativity was originally commissioned in 327 by Constantine the Great and his mother Helena on the site that was traditionally considered to be the birthplace of Jesus. It was destroyed by fire in the 6th century, and a new basilica was built in 565 by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, who restored the architectural tone of the original and added the floor mosaics.
@ Church of the Nativity

The Dome of the Rock was initially completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fit...
16/12/2018

The Dome of the Rock was initially completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna, built on the site of the Second Jewish Temple, destroyed during the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. The Dome of the Rock is in its core one of the oldest extant works of Islamic architecture.

Its architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby Byzantine churches and palaces,although its outside appearance has been significantly changed in the Ottoman period and again in the modern period. The octagonal plan of the structure may have been influenced by the Byzantine Church of the Seat of Mary built between 451 and 458 on the road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
@ Temple Mount

Mount Nebo mosaics depict the relationship between humans and animals during the Middle Ages. The detail show a hunting ...
16/12/2018

Mount Nebo mosaics depict the relationship between humans and animals during the Middle Ages. The detail show a hunting scene.

Perched on top of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with a natural harbor and fertile soil, ancient Jaffa was a s...
14/12/2018

Perched on top of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with a natural harbor and fertile soil, ancient Jaffa was a strategic prize. It was conquered and reconquered countless times by Canaanites, Phoenicians, the Pharaohs, King David, the Assyrians and more.
@ Old Jaffa - يافا القديمة

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