Location coordinates 35.794 31.71763: 35.794 31.7178 The Church of St.George (Arabic, Al-Khadr) is known for the presence of a mosaic floor that has a map representing Transjordan, the West Bank, and parts of Egypt. The church is located in the city of Madaba, 35 km south of the capital, Amman. This church is considered one of the most important archaeological tourist sites in the city of Madaba, as it contains the oldest geographical map of the Holy Land made of mosaics. It dates back to the sixth century AD. The German traveler Schumacher visited it in 1891 AD and drew a plan for it, then the mosaic floor was revealed. In 1896 AD, the engineer, Athanasius Andriaki rebuilt the church on the ruins of the old Byzantine building. The building is rectangular, with dimensions of about 15.75 in width and 5.60 in length. The church was built with a basilica plan, and has a large central nave with two small aisles on each side, separated by two rows of columns in each row of four columns, and the apse on the eastern side of the building and the narthex and entrance on the western side. The mosaic map is located in the middle section of the church and extends into the southern nave. The map represents pictures and names of the cities of Transjordan, Palestine, Egypt, and part of Syria, where the number of these cities reached about 150 cities in the region, as well as the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.

Mukāwir (Machaerus) The site is 70km from the capital, Amman, and 32km from the city of Madaba. It is located near the town of Makawer in Ḍhiban District of Madaba Governorate. Site coordinates: (31.56762145561792 North, 35.624306874567296 East). In 90BC Alexander Janius built the castle of Mukāwir to be a center of resistance against the Romans, but it was not long before they seized it in 57BC, and it was destroyed by the commander, Pompey. It was under the control of Herod the Great between the years 25 and 13BC, and he rebuilt it and surrounded it with a huge wall on all sides. It subsequently came under the control of his son Herod Antipas before the Romans again occupied it in the year 70AD. It is said that in this castle, King Herod beheaded the Prophet Yahya bin Zakaria (John the Baptist) after he had imprisoned him for a while. Pope John Paul II visited it in 2000 and it was adopted as a Christian pilgrimage site. The most important features of the site: 1. The Castle: It was built during the Roman Age in several stages and contains a fortress surrounded by a defensive wall with two towers: western and southern. 2. The Palace: The oldest mosaic panel in Jordan (from the first century BC) was discovered here. It is a square adorning the cold water pool entrance in the palace bath. The panel is composed of black and white stone cubes. It was transferred to Madaba Archaeological Park. 3. The Byzantine Village: The village includes several ancient churches: a. Malachius Church: i. It is a basilica church with a middle nave, two aisles, a semi-circular apse, and two side rooms. Destroyed mosaic floors dating back to the first half of the seventh century AD were found. b. North Chapel: This chapel is on the northern slope of the village, specifically to the north of the modern town cemetery. It is a hall system building, consists a hallway, an internal semicircular apse, and a southern side room. The prayer hall is 13.4m long and 6m wide. c. Western Church: This church, constructed in a basilica plan with dimensions of (20×19m), is located on the western slope of the village of Makawer and next to the street leading to the castle. It consists of a nave, side rooms, a southern porch, and an apse, of which simple parts remain. The church was built of limestone, and its floor was paved with mosaics. In its middle nave, the mosaics have designs of vine scrolls surrounded by images of trees and birds. The animal images in the mosaics were subjected to deliberate vandalism during the period known as Byzantine Iconoclasm, and parts of this floor were transferred to the Traditional Jewelry and Costumes Museum in the Roman Theater in Amman. 4. Heritage Houses: a. There are several heritage houses that used some ancient stones from the castle in their construction, and several caves are spread on the southern and northern slopes of the village of Makawer. 5. Other Parameters: a. Defensive towers, Roman and Byzantine tombs.

Jabal Nībū (Ṣiyāghah) It is about 7kms to the west of Madaba and about 35kms of southwest Amman. It is one of the most important official Christian religious shrines in Jordan, as it was adopted as a Christian pilgrimage site after Pope John Paul II's visit to the region at the beginning of the third millennium. Site coordinates (31.768870N, 35.725610E). The site may have been inhabited since ancient times, as there is a presence of flint tools and several dolmens which likely date to t he Bronze Age. This mountain was mentioned in the Mesha Stele, in which King of Moab immortalized his victories in the year 850BC. The German pilgrim Thietmar visited the site in 1217, and Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes published a summary of his visit to the site in 1864, which was the first specialized study. Mount Nibu has been excavated since 1933 which discovered the remains of a church and a monastery. The Franciscan Institute rebuilt them. In 2008 the roof and the church side walls were removed and rebuilt on the old foundations; iron barriers were added hanging over the mosaic floors to protect them. The most important architectural elements of Mount Nibu: 1. The Triangular Church It was named because of its tripartite apse, the church is a square-shaped building dating back to the Roman Age. It was converted in the Byzantine Age into a church with a basilica plan, it has side rooms whose floors are paved with colored mosaics that depict human, animal, plant and geometric shapes. 2. South Chapel It is located on the northern side of the triangular church, it has a small area, in which a baptistery was built. Its floor level is approximately one meter lower than the floor of the triangular church. This floor is decorated with mosaics that bear human, animal, and plant forms.