how Gaza became one of the great intellectual hubs of the Roman Empire
- Written by Christopher Mallan, Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
The 'Medaba Map' (6th century CE) is part of a floor mosaic in the church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, containing the oldest surviving cartographic depiction of Jerusalem.Wikimedia/Paul PalmerThe years 2023 and 2024 will certainly be remembered as some of the darkest in the long and often violent history of Gaza.
The recent destruction of...





