ONE-DAY MOUNT NEBO, MADABA & BAPTISM SITE TOUR
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Depart from Amman
ONE-DAY MOUNT NEBO, MADABA & BAPTISM SITE TOUR
Mount Nebo: a nine-kilometer trip west of Madaba, Mount Nebo is also known as Siyagha. Madaba: “The City of Mosaics” is located 30 kilometers south of Amman. Baptism Site: winding through the Jordan Valley is the Jordan River; whose sacred waters witnessed many biblical and historical events.
Mount
Nebo: it was the final station in
the life of Prophet Moses, the “friend of God”. To here he journeyed from Egypt
with his people, using the King’s Highway and passing by Wadi Musa (Petra)
where he struck the rock to bring forth water.
Madaba: remains of the Roman Road can still be seen during
the modern town, but it is the Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics of which Madaba is
best known for. At the Greek‐Orthodox Church of St. George, the earliest surviving
original map of the Holy Land exists. It was made around AD 560 by the artist
Salamos. It includes about 150 biblical sites on both sides of the river, known
in Byzantine times. The central focus of the Madaba map is the walled city of
Jerusalem.
Baptism Site: Jesus Christ and the Prophets Joshua, Elijah, Elisha
and John the Baptist all crossed it during their lifetime. Two kilometers east
of the Jordan River, opposite to Jericho, is the small town of Behabara (Bet
Abarah), referred to in the bible as “Bethany Beyond the River” and was once
recognized as Tell Al‐Kharrar, where Joshua crossed the Jordan River into
Cana, ‘an after Moses’ death.
- Pick up from hotel
- Head to the Baptism Site, the site of John the Baptist’s settlement at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, where Jesus was baptized (approximately two-hour drive & a two-hour visit)
- Head to Mount Nebo, the Memorial of Moses, and presumed site of the Prophet’s death and burial (approximately one-hour drive & a 40 minutes’ visit)
- A 20-minute drive from Mount Nebo takes you to Madaba, to visit the church where some of the finest Byzantine mosaics are found. See the old mosaic map of Jerusalem and its surroundings (approximately 45-minute visit)
- Return to hotel
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