The original map, drawn by Dutch theologian and humanist Christian Kruik van Adrichem (1533–1585), portrays an imagined Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, including the City of David and Mount Zion ...

Rare, 150-year-old maps of Jerusalem from a British Army operative during the Ottoman Empire, constituting “the basis for the modern understanding and recognition of Jerusalem,” were sold at ...

The cartographic accuracy of the Madaba Map enabled scholars to identify landmarks in its representation of Jerusalem. Among these is the New Church of St. Mary, the Mother of God, consecrated on ...