mount nebo photo album
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MOUNT NEBO
JordanNovember 2008
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On our way out of Petra to Mount Nebo, we saw Jebel Haroun or Aaron's Mount (Mount Hor of Num. 33:30-31) where Aaron was supposed to be buried
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Mt Nebo is an elevated ridge in western Jordan that is approximately 817 m above sea levelIt was from here that Moses had a glimpse of the Promised Land (Deut. 34:1-4)The view from the summit provides a panorama of the northern shore of the Dead Sea, the valley of the River Jordan, Jericho on the opposite bank, & even Mt Olives on a very clear day
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It was a cold & windy morning
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The Brazen Serpent Monument was created by Italian artist Giovanni FantoniIt is symbolic of the bronze serpent created by Moses in the wilderness (Num. 21:4-9)
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Just a section of the vast piece of land that Moses saw
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The remains of a church that can be dated to the 4th century
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On display in an outdoor tent were beautiful floor mosaics of the Byzantine period
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A Greek inscription with the four Rivers of Paradise in the corners (Ghion, Fison, Tigris, & Euphrates) reads: “By the providence of God this venerable monastery of the holy Mother of God was rebuilt, in the days of Job, the bishop of Madaba, & of George the recluse, for the preservation of all the benefactors, indiction 15, year 6270 (762 A.D.)”.
Inside a building was a mini museum
Mosaic floors show evidence of monastic presence on Mt Nebo in the 4th century to 9th century
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An 8th-century Greek inscription, preserving the name of a donor to the Church of Kayanos, reads, “For the salvation & offering of Matrona.”
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A mosaic floor of a diakonikon-baptistery chapel built in 530 CE in Madaba
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A marble Corinthian column
Other exhibits . . .
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A Roman milestone
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Pottery
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It was still very windy when we left Mt Nebo . . .
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& headed for Israel which is just across Jordan, on the other side of River Jordan