Mount Nebo and Madaba

December 20, 2022
001 - P1200164 Tuesday December 20, 2022 Day 9 of our Israel-Jordan tour - day 2 in Jordan - where are we now?
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002 - P1200204 12/20/22 due to unexpected incident happened during our visit; our tour director informed us of itinerary change...
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003 - P1200205 ... instead of going straight down south to Wadi Rum and back north to Petra, we're to visit Mount Nebo and Madaba (part of our Day 12 itinerary) on this Day 9...
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004 - P1200206 ... Mount Nebo, approx 22 miles southwest driving distance of 45 minutes to an hour from Amman, according to google map...
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005 - IMG_1270 Mount Nebo, a sacred mountain in Jordan standing almost 3280 ft high; from the top of the mountain, the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and even Jerusalem can be seen on a...
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006 - P1200176 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan - the Sanctuary at Mount Nebo: the memorial of Moses
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007 - P1200236 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan
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008 - P1200162 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan
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009 - P1200165 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan - Mount Nebo is steeped in religious significance as it is believed to be the place that Moses stood on to view the sacred Promised...
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010 - P1200161 ... according to the Book of Deuteronomy Moses died on Mount Nebo and was buried in Moab; in the fourth century, a small monastery was built by Egyptian monks...
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011 - IMG_1267 ... this church was then reconstructed in the fifth century into a basilica; the basilica still stands on Mount Nebo today and contains a fascinating collection...
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012 - IMG_7749 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan - In the summer of 1933, excavations at Syagha, one of the highest peaks at Mount Nebo, began under the direction of the...
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013 - IMG_1300 ... three long archaeological campaigns had previously resulted in the discovery of the Basilica and of a large monastery, which had continued to expand through...
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014 - IMG_1246 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan
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015 - P1200244 12/20/22 Mount Nebo -
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016 - IMG_1249 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan - We give thanks to the Lord and to those who have done good to this holy place (google translate of inscription on the ground)...
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017 - P1200168 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan -
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018 - P1200240 ... the monument celebrates the close spiritual union between the Jewish Torah, the Muslim Koran, and the Christian Gospel...
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019 - P1200170 12/20/22 Mount Nebo archaeological site - engraving about light of sun through the hole on the Book of Love among people...
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020 - P1200171 12/20/22 Mount Nebo, Jordan - just can't recall what this is about, sad... no whispers given to us on tour, hard to listen to details explained by Osama :(
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