Maps Gallery

Madaba Mosaic Map, 6th century AD, detail showing Jerusalem, Madaba, Jordan

Madaba Mosaic Map, 6th century AD, detail showing Jerusalem, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East "The mosaic represents the biblical land from Egypt to Lebanon including Sinai, Israel, Palestine and Transjordan. The Madaba Mosaic Map is on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, built in 1896 over the remains of a Byzantine church"

© Chris Rennie

17th century, antique, architecture, archival, ark, artifacts, buildings, candelabra

17th century, antique, architecture, archival, ark, artifacts, buildings, candelabra, cartography, city, document, engraving, events, figures, geography, historic, historical, holy land, icons, israel, jerusalem, key, legend, location, map, objects, place, priest, religious, scenes, scrolls, small group of people, solomon, temple, text, vignettes, vintage, words, Antique Maps, 87719540

© Getty Images

Probable Settlement of the Descendants of Noah (steel engraving)

A creased and stained steel engraving of a map which shows a??The Countries of the Ancient World Exhibiting the Probable Settlement of the Descendants of Noaha??, from a??A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific, or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and its Various Divisions. Volume VI, Part IIa?? by James Bell and published by A. Fullarton & Co., Glasgow, in 1838

© Linda Steward