Umm ar-Rasas (Arabic: أم الرّصاص), ancient name: Kastron Mefa'a, is located 30 km southeast of Madaba in the Amman Governorate in central Jordan. It was...
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The Umm ar-Rasas mosaics are a number of Byzantine mosaics discovered by Michele Piccirillo in the ruins of the Church of St. Stephen in Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan...
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Umm al 'Amad, Umm al Birak, Umm al Hanafish, Umm al Kundum, Umm al Qanafidh, Umm ar Rasas, Umm as Summaq, Umm Juraysat, Umm Nuwarah, Umm Qusayr, Umm Qusayr...
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Al-Maghtas Petra Qasr Amra Umm ar-Rasas Wadi Rum As-Salt Umm el-Jimal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World...
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attractions in Jordan include UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Petra and Umm ar-Rasas, ancient cities such as Amman, Aqaba, Madaba and Jerash, the Jordan River...
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Umayyad Palace Umm al-Walid Umm ar-Rasas Umm ar-Rasas mosaics Uyun al-Hammam Wadi Numeira Wu'ayra Castle Irbid (el tal) Abila (Decapolis) Umm Qais Pella (Tabqet...
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onto the port city of Basra. The attack would be launched towards the Umm ar-Rasas Island in the Shatt al Arab. It most likely was meant as a diversionary...
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Amman (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
also located in Amman. A total of 16 historic churches are located in Umm ar-Rasas ruins in Al-Jeezah district; the site is believed to have initially served...
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Jordan (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
is considered to be the world's first purpose built Christian church. Umm ar-Rasas in southern Amman contains at least 16 Byzantine churches. Meanwhile...
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fortifications that once encircled the city. 500s CE Madaba Map 700s CE Umm ar-Rasas mosaics 1799, Carte de l'Égypte, showing the battles during the French...
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Gaza City (category Articles with Arabic-language sources (ar))
Depiction of a Gaza building in the Byzantine Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, circa 8th century AD during the Abbasid Caliphate...
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The mosaics of the Church of St Stephen in ancient Kastron Mefaa (now Umm ar-Rasas) were made in 785 (discovered after 1986). The perfectly preserved mosaic...
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Siege of Jerusalem (636–637). Depiction of Jerusalem in the Byzantine Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, identified as Hagia Polis in Greek, the Holy City, during the...
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Depiction of Lydda in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE...
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section, with explanations. Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East Umm ar-Rasas mosaics Eusebius of Caesarea Itinerarium Burdigalense Egeria Jerome Anonymous...
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archaeological mission in Jordan, with excavations at Mount Nebo, Umm ar-Rasas (discovering the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics) and in the area of Madaba. Much of his energy...
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Depiction of Nablus (Neapolis) in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE...
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Depiction of Caesarea in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, circa 8th century...
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people for its purported therapeutic properties. The nearby site of Umm ar-Rasas, south-east of Madaba on the edge of the semi-arid steppe, started as...
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Christianity in Jordan (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
was baptized; Mount Nebo where Moses looked on to the Promised Land; Umm ar-Rasas, a fortified Roman garrison that contains 16 Byzantine churches; Madaba...
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mustard and tabun 8,000 to 10,000 Iranian casualties 1986, December Umm ar-Rasas mustard 1,000 Iranian casualties 1987, April Siege of Basra (Karbala-5)...
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Al-Jizah Subdistrict Daba'a Hammam al-Shamout Al-Jizah Zumailah Umm ar-Rasas Subdistrict Damki Al-Jumayyil Ramah Salyah Umm ar-Rasas...
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Ashkelon (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
Depiction of Askalon (Ashkelon) in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE...
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Al-Jizah Subdistrict Daba'a Hammam al-Shamout Al-Jizah Zumailah Umm ar-Rasas Subdistrict Damki Al-Jumayyil Ramah Salyah Umm ar-Rasas...
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The mosaics of the Church of St Stephen in ancient Kastron Mefaa (now Umm ar-Rasas) were made in 785 (discovered after 1986). The perfectly preserved mosaic...
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Zahran area (section East Umm Uthaina)
Abdoun. Zahran consists of 5 neighborhoods; North Abdoun, South Abdoun, East Umm Uthaina, Jabal Amman and Al-Radwan. Is a neighborhood that is entirely residential...
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Monastery and the Church of St Stephen in ancient Kastron Mefaa (now Umm ar-Rasas). The first fully preserved illuminated biblical manuscripts date to...
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Umm Shujayrah al Gharbiyah is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. Maplandia world gazetteer v t e...
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Al-Fayez family and the Bani Sakher. Fendi was likely born southeast of Umm ar-Rasas, which was the capital of the Bani Sakher emirate prior to Fendi's moving...
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Al-Jizah Subdistrict Daba'a Hammam al-Shamout Al-Jizah Zumailah Umm ar-Rasas Subdistrict Damki Al-Jumayyil Ramah Salyah Umm ar-Rasas...
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