Umm ar-Rasas mosaics
The Umm ar-Rasas mosaics are a number of Byzantine mosaics discovered by Michele Piccirillo in the ruins of the Church of St. Stephen in Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan, in 1986.
[1][2] Of particular note is a mosaic floor dated to 785, the largest one in Jordan, with a series of panels illustrating the most important cities of the region.
A series of eight cities in Palestine are shown in the frame: Seven cities in Transjordan are shown in the frame: Two additional cities are shown at the head of each aisle: The inner frame includes illustrations of ten cities in the Nile Delta:
