Christian َStop-over

Madaba, City of Mosaics, to view its wonderfully vivid map of the sixth century A. D. Holy Land. Nearby is the revered Mount Nebo, where Moses climbed to survey the promised land. Visit the site of Machaerus, a stronghold of Herod Antipas, where Salome danced for the head of John the Baptist. Jordan is a unique and blessed land of the Old and New Testaments and early years of Islam. The litany of ancient place names reads like biblical gazetteer Edom, Moab, Ammon, Gilead, Gad and Peraea. The Madaba of the Bible is today the small town of Madaba. At Church of St. George you can view the earliest surviving original map of the Holy Land, which was made around A. D. 560. In addition, there are other mosaic floors preserved throughout the town. West of Madaba is the hilly district of Mount Nebo, with a spectacular view across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. On a clear day, the spires of the churches of Jerusalem are visible. Mount Nebo is believed to be the tomb of Moses.