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Bethania, Byzantine baptistery Sanctuary
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, Byzantine baptistery Sanctuary
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, Byzantine baptistery Sanctuary
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, Remains of mosaic floor of the Byzantine church Church, Mosaic
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, Remains of mosaic floor of the Byzantine church Church, Mosaic
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, Remains of mosaic floor of the Byzantine church Church, Mosaic
Date: CE_0330c-CE_0640c
Category: Byzantium, Christianity
Institution:
Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, River Jordan
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Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, River Jordan
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Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Bethania, River Jordan, Baptism scene
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Place of discovery: Bethania
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Tulaylat al-Ghassul, Infant burial

Temple or sanctuary

Location:

Israel, Bethany
geo:31.837128,35.546124
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

33~ / unknown

Class:

Temple or sanctuary
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=55185

Annotations

Qasr el Yahud is the western part of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist (Al-Maghtas).

See:

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

Bethany

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Nearby

Al-Maghtas - Bethany

al-Maghtas

Bethany Beyond the Jordan - Al-Maghtas

Baptism Site.

Teleilat el Ghassul (6 km)

Neolithic site (type-site of the Ghassulian culture)