Maiuma, Maiumas, Maiouma, Maïouma or Maioumas is the name of an ancient festival and related toponyms. Maiuma may refer to:
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Maiuma (city), ancient port city of Gaza
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Maiuma (festival), ancient water festival dedicated to Dionysus and Aphrodite
Other locations
* Betomarsea-Maiumas, near Charachmoba (today's
al-Karak
Al-Karak (), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of ...
), known from the
Madaba Map
The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan.
The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and fro ...
* Maiumas (''civitas Maiuma Ascalonitis''), the 6th-c. harbour of
Ascalon
Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limi ...
, known from
Piacenza Pilgrim's ''itinerarium'', perhaps today's Khirbat al-Ashraf
* Maiumas or Kefar Shuni, also Shumi/Shami, later Khirbat Miyāmās,
Khirbat al-Shuna, today in
Binyamina
See also
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May Day
May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's March equinox, spring equinox and midsummer June solstice, solstice. Festivities ma ...
, modern festival; Maiuma was one of its predecessors
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