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Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

Amos Nur > The diwan, floor of the Mihrab, Hisham's palace in Khirbat al-Mafjar, ca. 744 AD. The mosaic floor with scenes of two gazelles snacking on leaves from a fruit tree, and a lion attacking another gazelle.

Hisham's palace destroyed by the 747 AD earthquake (M.R. Degg, A Database of Historical Earthquake Activity in the Middle East, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 1990).

Amos Nur > Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan photo

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