Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo is a very important Christian site, recently visited by the Pope, for it was here, on the edge of a ridge overlooking the Dead Sea, that Moses first caught sight of the Holy Land, having led his people from Sinai.

It is said that Moses also died and was buried here.

The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the summit of Mount Nebo, as is Jerusalem on a very clear day.

On the highest point of the mountain, Syagha, the remains of a church and monastery were discovered in 1933.

The church was first constructed in the second half of the 4th century to commemorate the place of Moses' death. It was enlarged in the late 5th century and rebuilt in AD 597.

In the modern chapel presbytery, built to protect the site and provide worship space, you can see remnants of mosaic floors from the different periods.