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The Tomb of Aaron is the name of the supposed burial place of Aaron, the brother of Moses, according to Jewish, Christian, and local Muslim tradition. There are two different places named in the Torah as Aaron's place of death and burial, Mount Hor and Moseroth (Mosera) , and there are different interpretations for the location of each of the two.
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. Mount Hor (Hebrew: הֹר הָהָר , Hōr hāHār) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to two distinct mountains.
Aaron: Tomb of Aaron: Mount Harun near Petra, Jordan. At 1350 meters above sea-level, it is the highest peak in the area; it is believed to be the place where Aaron died and was buried. A 14th-century mosque stands here with its white dome visible from most areas in and around Petra. Eleazar and Ithamar: Awarta, West Bank [7]
Contains the purported tomb of Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. Maqam Nabi Yusha' As-Salt: Mausoleum: 16th century Mosque: 20th century: Contains a tomb which is alleged to be that of the biblical Joshua. The mausoleum is historic but the mosque itself is modern and dates back to 2004. King Abdullah I Mosque: Amman: 1989: King Hussein Mosque: Amman: 2005
A 14th-century shrine built on top of the supposed grave of Aaron on Jabal Hārūn near Petra, Jordan. According to one Islamic tradition, the tomb of Aaron is located on Jabal Harun (Arabic: جَـبـل هَـارون, Mountain of Aaron), near Petra in Jordan, with another tradition placing it in Sinai.
'Mountain of Prophet Aaron'), a strong candidate for biblical Mount Hor where Aaron, the brother of Moses, died and was buried. There is a mosque at the top of the mountain, built at the traditional site of Aaron's tomb. Evidence for human settlement in Ma'an Governorate dates back to at least 7000 BC, when the Neolithic village of Basta was ...
In response, the tour group chose not to enter Jordan. [17] The apparent ban on Jewish worship in Jordan was again enforced in August 2019, after a group of Israeli tourists shared a video of themselves dancing with a Torah scroll at the Tomb of Aaron on Mount Hor near Petra. Jordanian authorities confiscated Jewish religious items from the ...
In northern Jordan, there is a small creek where an angel met and wrestled with the patriarch Jacob. The rock struck by Moses to bring forth water and the patriarch Aaron's tomb are both in southern Jordan. The ruins of the fortress of the Ammonites are on a mountain overlooking downtown Amman.