The Madaba of the Bible is today the small town of Madaba, only 30 kilometres south of Amman on the road (Kings' Highway) which leads to Kerak and Petra. Remains of the Roman road and civic architecture can still be seen in the midst of the modern town, but it is the Byzantine and Umayade mosaics for which Madaba is best known. In addition, there are other mosaic floors preserved throughout the town. The northern part of the city turned out to be the area containing the greatest concentration of mosaic monuments. During the byzantine-omayyad period, this northern area, crossed by a colonnaded roman road, saw the building of the Church of the Map, the Hippolytus Mansion, the Church of the Virgin Mary, the Church of Prophet Elijah with its crypt, the Church of the Holy Martyrs (Al-Khadir), the Burnt Palace and the Church of the Sunna' family.
House of Mitri al-Masarawa on the east side of the town; a small perfect floor with animal figures and a medallion containing a female head in the centre.
House of Misa'ad al-Twal, near the above mentioned; large floor, probably of a private villa, partly built over by the modern house. Figures of a man and woman dancing, the woman wearing cymbals on her wrists and ankles; also some animal figures.
 

The Archeological Park:
The Apostles Church was built at the time of Bishop Sergius in 578 AD. A central medallion depicts the personification of the sea (“thalassa”) in the shape of a woman emerging from the waves raising a rubber-like flag in her left hand, while the right arm is adorned with bracelets

The Archaeological Museum was opened in 1962. It houses the mosaic of Satyros and a dancing girl, the mosaic of the paradise and the church of Suwaytha.

The Church of the Virgin Mary was built at the end of the 6th century AD in the roman Street on the remains of a Roman monument. The mosaic of the church was renovated during the early Umayyad Period.