tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post1422511420542709579..comments2024-01-03T17:17:07.620+02:00Comments on Jerusalem Hills daily photo: Madaba mosaic mapDinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-9008270338298928872010-10-16T11:00:49.702+02:002010-10-16T11:00:49.702+02:00What an interesting and wonderful mosaic.What an interesting and wonderful mosaic.Franciscahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733111654769386624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-75029350722675188612010-10-14T09:06:49.982+02:002010-10-14T09:06:49.982+02:00Many thanks for the information, Dina. To know mor...Many thanks for the information, Dina. To know more about the Madaba mosaic map is so interesting.Pietro Brosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131884567187959415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-57040404379343542102010-10-13T22:08:26.113+02:002010-10-13T22:08:26.113+02:00I love all the photos and you have a wonderful blo...I love all the photos and you have a wonderful blog. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-75979668611744899592010-10-13T21:47:12.159+02:002010-10-13T21:47:12.159+02:00What a treat to be involved in excavating the Decu...What a treat to be involved in excavating the Decumanus! Having walked the Cardo and also having seen this Madaba map, I am remembering it all with the aid of your post today.Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-45179560984032391062010-10-13T15:18:54.675+02:002010-10-13T15:18:54.675+02:00I missed this when I was in Jordan because I arriv...I missed this when I was in Jordan because I arrived too late: I was very angry then... It's a beautiful map, but even something more.<br />Thanks for the link to the 3D map.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-50784755500873932322010-10-13T14:33:05.562+02:002010-10-13T14:33:05.562+02:00Thanks for your comment on Denmark. No we didn'...Thanks for your comment on Denmark. No we didn't find all of them on that beach, but a Danish friend of mine found the sea urchins in his field while ploughing it. The "rattle stone"however is from this island.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-31312032069303895732010-10-13T14:29:31.960+02:002010-10-13T14:29:31.960+02:00Shalom friends. Thanks for your observations.
Pie...Shalom friends. Thanks for your observations.<br /><br />Pietro, One reason the mosaic is not complete is that around the year 700 the conquering Umayyad rulers de-faced or had some "figural motifs" removed, i.e. those that were not in line with Islam, e.g. the scene of Jesus walking on water. <br /><br />And then, around 746 the town of Madaba was largely leveled by an earthquake and was abandoned. <br /><br />Wikipedia says "The mosaic was rediscovered in 1894, during the construction of a new Greek Orthodox church on the site of its ancient predecessor. In the following decades, large portions of the mosaic map were damaged by fires, activities in the new church and by the effects of moisture. In December 1964, the Volkswagen Foundation gave the Deutscher Verein für die Erforschung Palästinas 90,000 DM to save the mosaic."Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-47237675790473153852010-10-13T11:38:36.946+02:002010-10-13T11:38:36.946+02:00What a wonderful thing! Beautiful, decorative, cle...What a wonderful thing! Beautiful, decorative, clever, and a great piece of history!<br /><br />Oh behalf of the team, thanks for taking part in ABC Wednesday this week! :)Jay at The Depp Effecthttp://www.thedeppeffect.com/5547/abc-wednesday-the-letter-m-3/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-84123281838358987632010-10-13T08:28:33.317+02:002010-10-13T08:28:33.317+02:00Splendid. It's a pity that the mosaic map is n...Splendid. It's a pity that the mosaic map is not complete.Pietro Brosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131884567187959415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-43378109760505558402010-10-13T06:03:48.019+02:002010-10-13T06:03:48.019+02:00Thanks for opening this amazing treasure to us!
...Thanks for opening this amazing treasure to us!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Warm Aloha from Waikiki<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><°)}}><Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-90142750904405790222010-10-13T01:21:10.193+02:002010-10-13T01:21:10.193+02:00Spouse and I went on a lecture tour inside the chu...Spouse and I went on a lecture tour inside the church of Madaba in Jordan. It was fantastic!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-2015687603917131042010-10-12T20:57:49.773+02:002010-10-12T20:57:49.773+02:00Our Medeba experience is even more meaningful now ...Our Medeba experience is even more meaningful now that I've seen your post! I'm so glad you could use the photo. They did explain the mosaic to us when we were there, but you gave us a richer background.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-10076901190213588552010-10-12T20:25:22.998+02:002010-10-12T20:25:22.998+02:00Interesting read. Loved the mosaic map and the His...Interesting read. Loved the mosaic map and the History behind it all.Nankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428694673909046094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-14426232475066218272010-10-12T19:56:33.949+02:002010-10-12T19:56:33.949+02:00love the mosaic map!
ROG, ABC Wednesday teamlove the mosaic map!<br />ROG, ABC Wednesday teamRoger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-6797148227435637582010-10-12T19:37:14.691+02:002010-10-12T19:37:14.691+02:00Maintenance must be meticulous :-)Maintenance must be meticulous :-)Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-36155079647632820062010-10-12T18:14:46.728+02:002010-10-12T18:14:46.728+02:00Lucky you, to be the first to scrape through to th...Lucky you, to be the first to scrape through to the big paving stones of the Secondary Cardo. What a find! This is all very interesting and this mozaic must have been a job excecuted painstakingly. Thanks for sharing.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.com