Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The late 6th Century A.D. baptismal font built in a new chapel or diakonikon in the Byzantine church which is now the Roman Catholic Memorial Church of Moses. From Mt....

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, A Byzantine-era mosaic tile floor from the Memorial Church of Moses. From Mount Nebo, Moses was permitted to look down on the Promised Land.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, A Byzantine-era mosaic tile floor from the Memorial Church of Moses. From Mount Nebo, Moses was permitted to look down on the Promised Land.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The Brazen Serpent Monument is a sculpture representing the brass serpent lifted up by Moses and the cross upon which Christ was crucified. It was created by Italian ar...

Israel, The Muhraqa Sanctuary and Monastery commemorating the Old Testament Bible story of the sacrificial contest between the Hebrew prophet Elijah and the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel.

Jordan, Madaba, The nave and iconostasis in St. Georges Church, a Greek Orthodox church. The famous Madaba Map of the Holy Land, circa 560 A.D., is surrounded by the chains.

Jordan, Madaba, The famous mosaic map of Palestine, called the Madaba Map, on the floor of St. George's Church. It was originally the floor of a Byzantine church and was crafted in 560 A.D. and is the...

Jordan, Madaba, The famous mosaic map of Palestine, called the Madaba Map, on the floor of the nave of St. George's Church. It was originally the floor of a Byzantine church and was crafted in 560 A.D...

Jordan, Madaba, Icons in the Greek Orthodox St. Georges Church. This church contains the famous Madaba Map of the Holy Land, crafted in 560 A.D.

Jordan, Madaba, The famous mosaic map of Palestine, called the Madaba Map, on the floor of St. George's Church. It was originally the floor of a Byzantine church and was crafted in 560 A.D. and is the...

Jordan, Madaba, The famous mosaic map of Palestine, called the Madaba Map, on the floor of St. George's Church. It was originally the floor of a Byzantine church and was crafted in 560 A.D. and is the...

Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Quarter, A bar mitzvah procession moves toward the entrance to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.