“Bethany Beyond the Jordan”, is an archaeological World Heritage Site on the east bank of the Jordan River, considered to be the original location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist And in a later reference to the same location on the eastern bank, the Gospel of John (10:40) says that Jesus Christ also traveled through the Jordan, where John the Baptist was baptizing in the beginning, and went again to the same place and resided there. The place venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. The baptism site includes two principal archaeological areas: the remnants of a monastery on a mound known as Jabal Mar-Elias (Elijah’s Hill) and an area close to the river with remains of churches, baptism ponds and pilgrim and hermit dwellings. The two areas are connected by a stream called Wadi Kharrar.