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Madaba Archaeological Museum

Madaba, Jordan
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Ranked #4 of 7 attractions in Madaba
4.5 of 5 stars 7 Reviews
Type: Museums
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Cologne, Germany
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2012 NEW

The museum is quite small and encompasses some the ruins of some ancient builings. It shows an ancient typical Madaba house with mosaics, some other mosaics and a few rooms with archaeological finds and some folklore items and costumes. It's a nice and quiet place and even though we didn't know that you had to buy a ticket first at... More

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Foix, France
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012

this seems to me the most interesting place to see mosaics, they are very well conserved More

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Cork, Ireland
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2012

The Mosaics are fabulous and probably amongst the best preserved I have seen across the Mediterranean area. More

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Madaba
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40 reviews 40 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2012

A unique mosaic can be seen at the room in the lift side just after the entrance, it shows a dancing women and a man. This room know as Al Twal House the name of the family that lived in this room and took care about the mosaics since 1887. More

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Lincoln, United Kingdom
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43 reviews 43 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 December 2011

Well worth a visit if your in Madaba for the day. More

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Gosport, Hampshire, England
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27 reviews 27 reviews
Reviews in 17 cities Reviews in 17 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 November 2011

Very inteteresting museum, worth visting but try and avoid the curator who bothered us all the way around. More

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Kelheim, Germany
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Reviews in 44 cities Reviews in 44 cities
59 helpful votes 59 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 December 2011
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