(New treasures are being unearthed under Jerusalem.) The Madaba Map was incorporated into the new church of St. George, Madaba, Jordan. The mosaic was found when the ruins of the old Byzantine ...

A 17th-century map of ancient Jerusalem (credit: UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA/UMANSKY COLLECTION) One of the maps in the collection is a Dutch interpretation of a 13th-century map, dating back to the 1600s.

The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem (Hayots t’agh in Armenian), the smallest of the four quarters of Jerusalem, is located in the Southwestern corner of the Old City. Much of this quarter is ...