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Location:

  • Jordan, Bethany
  • geo:31.837446,35.550068
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

  • 3xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Bethany: Byzantine Church  is considered to be the original location of the Baptism of Jesus. 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Maghtas

See:

  1. Charles Miller, S.M. , "Bethany Beyond the Jordan". CNEWA WORLD. Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA).(January–February 2002) 2015- http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=942&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=hq&pageno=2
  2. Mohammad Waheeb, Dr Abdelaziz Mahmod, Eyad Al-Masr, A unique Byzantine complex near the Jordan River in southern levant and a tentative interpretation, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry (MAA) 2013

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Bethany Beyond the Jordan - Al-Maghtas

Baptism Site.

Qasr el Yahud

Bethany

Teleilat el Ghassul (6 km)

Neolithic site (type-site of the Ghassulian culture)


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