Unique Byzantine Architecture in Southern Levant near Jordan River
Unique Byzantine Architecture in Southern Levant near Jordan River

Summary/Abstract: Bethany Beyond the Jordan, where Jesus was baptized on the east bank of the Jordan River, has been further excavated and has revealed a Byzantine complex consisting of stone staircase, a foundation base and a small Byzantine church near the river itself. This raised the number of churches identified in the region to four at the Jordan River and three at the Byzantine monastery at Tell el-Kharrar (Elijah’s Hill), nearly two kilometers east of the river. The discovered remains represent a distinguished and rare churches in the history of Christianity during the Byzantine period on the eastern bank of Jordan River dated to 5th- 6th AD.

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