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MadabaMadaba, is a capital city of Madaba Governorate, which has a population of about 60.000. Madaba is the fifth most populous town in Jordan. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of Palestine and the Nile delta.Town in west-central Jordan with 80,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), on a highland at an elevation of 760 metres. It is the capital of Madaba Governorate with an area of 940 km² and 145,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate). more... National name:MadabaHistory of MadabaModern Madaba is somewhat rambling and untidy, built on an artificial mound which conceals the remains of all the earlier Madabas. The town has a long history behind it, being first mentioned in the Bible, Num.21, at the time of Exodus, about 1300 BC; a tomb of this period has been found on the east of the town. It next appears in the list of towns divided among the tribes in Josh.13:9, when it was given to Reuben. It was then an Amorite town, Iying between Dibon and the capital Heshbon. It is mentioned in the Mesha stele, at which time it was in Moabite hands. more... Fact for TravellersVisa: Passport valid for at least six months required by all. more... Geography of MadabaMadaba lies 20.5 miles to the south of Amman, Jordan, on the road which leads to Karak and Petra. From Amman the road climbs up in a series of steep zigzags to the plateau above, where it levels off; to the west can be seen the ruins of an Iron Age village, now called Ummal Swaiwin. To the east is the village of Quaismah, and a small square building can be seen to the south of it, which is a Roman tomb of the 2nd or 3rd century CE. The road now crosses a great plain of red soil which produces very fine crops of corn; in spring large clumps of the black iris can be seen here. more...
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Sights The main attractions within Fayyum city are Egyptians living tourist-free lives. Visitors who weren't ossified by the Islamic architecture in Cairo should visit the Mamluk Mosque of Khawand Asal-Bay, about lkm west of the town center along the canal. The restored mosque was named for the favorite concubine of ...
Fayyum Oasis
Fayyum offers a glimpse of a kinder, gentler Egypt that most tourists never see. A little more than 100km from Cairo, Fayyum is a large oasis spreading west and north of the Nile Valley along an offshoot of tlie river. Although occasionally victim to tlie grime, crowding, and overnight ...
Deir Abu Maqar (the Monastery of St. Maccarius) lies roughly 8km southeast of neir Anba Bishoi and can be seen to the west of the Cairo-Alexandria desert road efrom Point about 129km from Alexandria or 86km from Cairo). Tlie monastery is ordinarily closed to visitors.
The foundation of Deir ...
Deir Anba Baramus (The Monastery of the Virgin Mary) is about 4km northwest of the Monastery of St. Bishoi. Take a taxi from Wadi an-Natnin town, or catch a ride from Deir Anba Bishoi for about 50pt. This is the oldest monastery in the Natmn valley. Relics of St. Moses ...
Deir as-Suryan (the Monastery of the Syrians, for the Syrian monks who once inhabited it), lies 0.5km northwest of the Monastery of St. Bishoi and is easy to reach. (Open 9am-6pm, 7pm in summer.) Tlie monastery was established when a group of monks broke away from the Monastery of St. ...
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