Mount Hor
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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 bor
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
Tomb of Aaron (Jordan)
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The Tomb of Aaron is the purported burial site of Aaron, the brother of Moses, according to Jewish, Christian, and local Muslim traditions. The site is marked by a small mosque serving as a shrine to
Mount Hor
…Arabah section of the Jordan Rift Valley, not far from Petra. On the summit is a mosque from the Mamluk period, traditionally marking the so-called "Tomb of Aaron" and built over the remains of a Byzantine church, and in the saddle west of it are the remains of a Byzantine monastery dedicated to Aaron. A memorial…
Aaron's tomb on Jabal Hārūn in Petra
Aaron's tomb, underground chamber under the mosque
Excavations of the Byzantine monastery in the saddle below the peak (2008)