| Mount Nebo | |
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| جَبَل نِيبُو הַר נְבוֹ | |
 Mount Nebo seen from the east | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 700 metres (2,297 ft) |
| Coordinates | 31°46.0′N35°43.5′E / 31.7667°N 35.7250°E /31.7667; 35.7250 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جَبَل نِيبُو (Arabic) |
| Geography | |
  Mount Nebo Location | |
| Location | Jordan |
| Region | Madaba Governorate |
Mount Nebo (Arabic:جَبَل نِيبُو,romanized: Jabal Nībū;Hebrew:הַר נְבוֹ,romanized: Har Nəḇō) is an elevatedridge located inJordan, approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft)above sea level. Part of theAbarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in theBible as the place whereMoses was granted a view of thePromised Land before his death. The view from the summit provides a panorama of theWest Bank across theJordan River valley. The city ofJericho is usually visible from the summit, as isJerusalem on a very clear day. The biblical town of Nebo, now known asKhirbet al-Mukhayyat, is located 3.5 km (2.1 mi) away.
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According to theBible (Deuteronomy), Moses ascended Mount Nebo, in the land ofMoab (today inJordan), and from there he saw theLand of Canaan (thePromised Land), which God had said he would not enter; Moses then died there.[1] The Bible (Deuteronomy 34:6) says Moses' burial place was unknown. A monument atop Mount Nebo commemorates Moses' death after seeing Canaan, across the Jordan valley. A purported grave of Moses is located atMaqam El-Nabi Musa, in theWest Bank, 11 km (6.8 mi) south ofJericho and 20 km (12 mi) east ofJerusalem.[2]
Mount Nebo is then mentioned again in2 Maccabees (2:4–7), when the prophetJeremiah hid the tabernacle and theArk of the Covenant in a cave there.
A Christian church fromByzantine times stands on the top of Mount Nebo.
On March 20, 2000,Pope John Paul II visited the summit of Mount Nebo during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[3] During his visit, he planted anolive tree next to the Byzantine chapel, as a symbol of peace.[4]Pope Benedict XVI visited the site in 2009, gave a speech, and looked out from the top of the mountain in the direction of Jerusalem.[5]
A serpentine cross sculpture atop Mount Nebo was created by Italian artist Gian Paolo Fantoni. It is symbolic of the miracle of the bronze serpent invoked by Moses in the wilderness (Numbers 21:4–9) and the cross upon which Jesus was crucified (John 3:14).
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Systematic exploration begun by Sylvester J. Saller O.F.M. was continued in 1933 by Jerome Mihaic of theStudium Biblicum Franciscanum. On the highest point of the mountain, Syagha,[6] the remains of a Byzantine church[7] andmonastery were discovered in 1933.[8] The church was first constructed in the second half of the 4th century to commemorate the place of Moses' death. The church design follows a typicalbasilica pattern. It was enlarged in the late fifth century AD and rebuilt in AD 597. The church is first mentioned in an account of apilgrimage made by a ladyAetheria in AD 394. Six tombs have been found hollowed from the natural rock beneath themosaic-covered floor of the church.
Bellarmino Bagatti worked on the site in 1935.Virgilio Canio Corbo later excavated the interior of the basilica.[9]
The ancient church, a pilgrimage destination since the 4th century, was excavated between 1933 and 1938 by Sylvester Saller, bringing to light the basilica with its chapels and the annexes of the monastery.[10] The exquisite mosaics were then covered back with soil for protection.[10] In 1963, the Custody of the Holy Land decided to restore the mosaic floors and Virgilio Corbo was put in charge of the project.[10] A metal shelter designed in Oxford was erected over the ruins, but work was interrupted by the1967 Arab-Israeli war.[10] Renewed work ensued between 1976 and 1984, when a new mosaic was discovered in thediaconicon-baptistery.[10] By 1984 the consolidation work was completed, and as a result, the basilica could be used both for liturgical purposes, as well as for displaying the restored mosaics, either in situ or mounted on the walls.[10] After renewed plans drawn in 1989 and geological surveys and assessments of the ancient and modern structures made a decade later, a new shelter, basically a complete basilica was built over the ancient church between December 2007 and the reopening day on 15 October 2016. Not even the sudden death of Michelle Piccirillo, a key figure in the project, in October 2008, led to a break in the work.[10]
In the modern chapelpresbytery, built to protect the site and provide worship space, remnants of mosaic floors from different periods can be seen. The earliest of these is a panel with abraided cross presently placed on the east end of the south wall.[citation needed]
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