Petra Tour: Byzantine Church
The site surprises the visitor with exquisite and well-preserved figurative floor mosaics, created in the 5th and 6nd centuries AD.
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84 medallions arranged in three columns and surrounded by a guilloche border. Vines emerge from a vase at the western end and form frames for the medallions. The central column contains mostly objects - baskets, bowls, and vases - and is flanked by pairs ‘of animals, such as peacocks, boar horses, and elephants, as well as six human figures.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
The site surprises the visitor with exquisite and well-preserved figurative floor mosaics, created in the 5th and 6nd centuries AD.