Mount Hor is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to two distinct mountains. One borders the land of Edom in the area south of the Dead Sea, and the other is by the Mediterranean Sea at the Northern border of Israel. The first Mount Hor is especially significant to the Israelites, as Aaron the high priest, brother of Moses, died there.
Jebel Harun near Petra, Jordan. One of the candidates for biblical Mount Hor, with a Byzantine monastery and a Mamluk mosque dedicated to Aaron's tomb.
Jebel Harun ('Mount Aaron') near Petra
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran.
Portrait painting of Aaron by Joan de Joanes, c. 1545 – c. 1550
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
Aaron depicted by Jacques Bergé
The Blossoming of Aaron's Rod, etching by Augustin Hirschvogel