Earthquakes and Archaeology Photos

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).

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).