Moses Church at mount Nebo in Jordan with the lovely old Mosaics.
The Memorial Church of Moses, also known as the Maqam Nabi Musa, is a historic church atop the Mount Nebo, an elevated ridge of the Abarim in Jordan. Originally built in the second half of the 4th century CE on the site, where according to the Hebrew Bible Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land and according to a few Islamic scholars Musa was buried. The modern building of Moses' Memorial Church atop Mount Nebo, in Khirbet al-Mukhayyat. It houses some of the best (and best presented) mosaics in Jordan, dating from around 530 CE.
There are a great number of mosaics in Jordan dating back to the Byzantine era (4th to 7th centuries), the finest mosaic found to date is still in its original place on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St.
For example:
Diakonikon Baptistery
The Diakonikon Baptistery (locate) inside the the rebuilt basilica houses several remains of antique mosaics but the masterpiece is a hunting and herding scene interspersed with an assortment of African fauna, including a zebu (humped ox), lions, tigers, bears, boars, zebras, an ostrich on a leash and a camel-shaped giraffe. The modern chapel presbytery, builty to protect the site and provide worship space, remnants of of mosaic floors from different periods can be seen.
Braided Cross Mosaic
A large, braided cross, drafted in black on a white background. This mosaic decoration was laid on the floor of a side hall in the first Memorial of Moses. This mosaic panel with a braided cross presently placed on the east end of the south wall, is the oldest of mosaics. The cross used to be part of a floor mosaic of a side room of the vestibule. The side aisle of the church has beautiful geometric mosaics behind and between the columns.
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