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Location:

  • Jordan, Mādabā
  • geo:31.768036,35.725796
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 400~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=21433

Annotations

According the tradition this church was built over the place where Moses have been buried in the fourth-fifth century.

See:

  1. Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 34
  2. Andre Grabar, L'Âge d'or de Justinien, de la mort de Théodose à l'Islam, Paris 1966
  3. Art Destination Jordan, Mount Nebo, https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/mount-nebo
  4. Sylvester Saller, Bellarmino Bagatti, The Town of Nebo, Jerusalem 1949.
  5. Michele Piccirillo, Mount Nebo, Jerusalem 1988.
  6. Michele Piccirillo, Eugenio Alliata, Mount Nebo. New Archaeological Excavations 1967-1997, Jerusalem 1998.
  7. Michele Piccirillo eds, Un progetto di copertura per il Memoriale di Mosè. A 70 anni dall’inizio dell’indagine archeologica sul Monte Nebo in Giordania, Jerusalem 2004.

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

Mount Nebo, Byzantine Monastery

Mount Nebo, Byzantine Monastery

Nebo, Archaeological Museum

Nebo, Archaeological Museum

Milestones

Milestones


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