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Map of the Holy Land ( Terra Sancta ), Pietro Vesconte, 1321. Described by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld as "the first non-Ptolemaic map of a definite country". [1] Type. Holy place. Location. Region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Original use. Judaism: Judaic Promised Land.
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A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple,...
- Holy Land (Disambiguation)
Holy Land is a term used by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to...
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A thirteenth -century crusader map places Jerusalem at the center of the earth. Heinrich Bunting's world map in his Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, Helmstadt, 1581, of which the Library has a copy, depicts the earth as a three-leaf clover, each leaf being a continent: Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The Land of Israel ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.
Holy Land. The Holy Land is an area in the Levant that is holy to Abrahamic religions ( Christianity, Islam and Judaism ). The name roughly refers to the region of Palestine. Jews say God gave the Holy Land to them. This is where Jesus lived.
Feb 18, 2022 · The Holy Land map stretches from the area of modern Lebanon in the north to Egypt’s Nile Delta in the south, with the Mediterranean Sea as its western border and the Jordan desert as its eastern border. Using at least eight different colors, the Madaba Map portrays the cities, landscapes, flora, and fauna of the region.
Apr 2, 2021 · Just yesterday, our coverage of the Holy Land included the oldest map of the region, actually a mosaic floor found under the rubble of an ancient church.Last month, we showed the first new ...
The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert. It contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. The map dates to the sixth century AD.
