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

Orient Express - Map of the Overland Route to Cairo

Eliminating the Mediterranean Voyage in the journey to Egypt - The Overland Route to Cairo. The Map of the overland route shows the train line through Western Europe through to Turkey and then through North Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. The map shows part of the railway between Tripoli (Lebanon) and Haifa (then Palestine) still uncompleted. Date: April 19 1928

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Map To Illustrate The Campaign in Palestine, 1919. Creator: London Geographical Institute

Map To Illustrate The Campaign in Palestine, 1919. Map of the Eastern Mediterrean and the Middle East, showing Cyprus, Port Said in Egypt, parts of Turkey and what are now Syria, the Lebanon, Israel and the Occupied Territories including Gaza. From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. IX, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

© The Print Collector/Heritage Images