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title: Mosaic, Khirbat Al Mafjar
author: Bot (Eloquence)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/978/mosaic-khirbat-al-mafjar/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mosaic, Khirbat Al Mafjar

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## Image File

[![Mosaic, Khirbat Al Mafjar](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/978.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/978.jpg)

## Image Caption

Lion attacking gazelles in a [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) from the floor of the bath hall in the [palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) complex of [Khirbat Al Mafjar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Khirbat_Al_Mafjar/). The palace was built by Walid Ibn Yazid in 734 CE and is located near Jericho in the [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/) Valley. It is one of the last surviving sophisticated desert palaces in the region and is renowned for its early Islamic classical art including elaborate mosaics, stucco carvings and [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/).

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