Medaba is located less than 20 miles southwest of Amman, Jordan on the Kings Highway, one of the world's oldest continuously used routes. The city is mentioned in connection with Moses and the Exodus (Numbers 21:30), and with David (1st Chronicles 19:7). It dates back at least 3,500 years and is recognized in the Bible as a Moabite town.
It is now noted for a mosaic floor map created during the reign of the emperor Justinian (527-565 AD). The map included all the Holy Land from the Mediterranean Sea to trans-Jordan, and from Egypt to Upper Galilee. At the center is the city of Jerusalem (pictured above).
Many landmarks of the Byzantine Jerusalem are identifiable. The Damascus gate at the left edge of the city, the colonnaded street running east/west was the Cardo, created by Hadrian (circa 135 AD), and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at the lower center.
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