Al Maghţas
Al Maghţas is an archaeological site in West Bank, Palestine. Al Maghţas is situated nearby to the church Qasr al Yahud.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qasr al Yahud.
Qasr al Yahud
Church
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Qasr al-Yahud, also known as Al-Maghtas, is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River. Qasr al Yahud is situated 210 metres southeast of Al Maghţas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas and Beit HaArava.
Al Maghtas
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period.
Beit HaArava
Village
Photo: Dnd man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit HaArava is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the West Bank. Located near the Dead Sea and Jericho at the eponymous Beit HaArava Junction, the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council. Beit HaArava is situated 7 km southwest of Al Maghţas.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
Al Maghţas
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Al Maghtas” and “Al Maghţis”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.83806° or 31° 50′ 17″ northLongitude
35.54417° or 35° 32′ 39″ eastElevation
-383 metres (-1,257 feet)Open location code
8G3QRGQV+6MGeoNames ID
395887
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In Other Languages
“Al Maghţas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المغطس”
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