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Dubai Events Blog on Tour: The Treasure of Petra Diary I was dreaming to visit Petra, in Jordan, since many years and finally I have realized my dream. When I arrived in Amman Airport, I started my road trip visiting some of the most important archeological sites thanks to the tourist guide that showed me. First stop was at Madaba, the City of mosaics.  It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. The Madaba Mosaic Map is a map of the region dating from the 6th century and preserved in the floor of the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George, sometimes called the "Church of the Map". With two million pieces of colored stone, the map depicts hills...