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Madaba's Handmade History
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For centuries, Madaba (
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, at the head of the ancient King's Highway, has been
a crossroad for caravans transporting goods, legions of armies pushing the borders of their
empires, and pilgrims driven by faith in search of the Promised Land. To this day the town,
with its churches, museums, markets and craft workshops, retains the marks of those cul-
tural exchanges. Perhaps the best evidence of this rich past is Madaba's magnificent collec-
tion of mosaics, a heritage continued through the town's unique mosaic school (
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