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May 5, 2026 • ag_shwei6991 • 6 min read

Bethany Beyond the Jordan: UNESCO baptism site, Byzantine churches, and a river now a stream

Inscribed by UNESCO in 2015 as the eastern-bank baptism site of Jesus, Al-Maghtas now contains five excavated churches, hermit caves, and a Roman-era pilgrimage path — on the Jordan side of a much-shrunken river.

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