Mount Nebo

Deuteronomy places Moses' death and unmarked grave here. On a clear day the view runs across the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea, Jericho and the towers of Jerusalem. A Byzantine memorial church built by monks in the fourth century preserves an extraordinary sixth-century mosaic floor of hunters, herdsmen and wildlife. The bronze Serpentine Cross on the summit sculpts the brazen serpent and the cross into one form.