💧🌏 Greg CocksJun 10, 2025
Researchers Used A 1,500-Year-Old Map To Find A Lost City - Excavators Determined Tharais Was A Religious Hub Of The Byzantine Empire
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64978262/tharais-byzantine-lost-city/ <-- shared technical article
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https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4243913 <-- shared paper
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“ • Researchers recently found one of the many lost Holy Land cities in Jordan.
• The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site.
• Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub…”
#map #mapping #ancientmap #ancienthistory #Tharais #HolyLand #Jordan #surveys #MadabaMosaicMap #geography #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #city #archaeology #Byzantine #urban #settlement #Karak #excavation #MiddleEast #desert
kradtourMar 31, 2023

Steine, Steine, überall Steine. Diesesmal in Form von Mosaiken.

Die Gegend um Madaba ist voll davon. Da so ein Mosaikboden viel Geld kostete konnten sich das nur die Reichen leisten, was natürlich die Kirche war.

#kradtour #vanlife #t4 #vw #travel  #jordan #jordanien #mosaik #mosaic #madaba #madabamosaicmap

Mark PriorDec 25, 2022
It's Christmas Day and so today's #PhotoOfTheDay visits the Holy Land, in the shape of the Greek Orthodox church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, and its beautiful sixth century mosaic of the Holy Land.
#photography #madaba #jordan #ChurchOfSaintGeorge #MadabaMosaicMap #HolyLand #mosaic #travel