‎The Christians Of The East ✞ ن‎ on Instagram: "Hidden in the floor of St George’s church in the town of Madaba in Jordan lies one of the most extraordinary discoveries in biblical archaeology. It is a sixth century mosaic known as the Madaba Map, and it is the oldest surviving map of the Holy Land in its original form. Created around the year 560 during the Byzantine period when this entire region was part of a Christian empire. The map originally measured around 21 by 7 meters and was made fro