Lod
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located in the administrative territorial entity Central District >>
Israel
- a.k.a Lydda/ΛύδδαΛύδδα/Diospolis
- 1942 map
- overview
- original Crusader Church
- Church of Saint George
- Yad la-Banim
- Khan el-Hilu
History
Main category: History of Lod
- depiction of Lydda in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE
- tomb of Saint George, first mentioned about 530 by the pilgrim Theodosius
- Madaba Map, 6th century CE, showing Lod above and left (NW) of the red "[ΚΛΗ]ΡΟϹ ΔΑΝ" ("the lot of Dan") inscription (left margin, touching on damaged area)
- Lydia Mamreov Mountford performing her "Biblical Orientalisms" in 1903
