Mountain of Transfiguration & New Discoveries in Site of Jesus Baptism / Jordan River
Mohammed Waheeb

Abstract
The amazing account of the Transfiguration of Christ on a mountain; is a dramatic event marks a major turning point in the Gospel Narratives, for Jesus was beginning to turn more and more to Jerusalem and the suffering and last days that awaited Him by God there. But before all of that would take place, there was this glimpse of glory. This article discuss in details the new evidences for the proposed or even the real place of the Transfiguration according to recent Roman & Byzantine archaeological discoveries in Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the eastern bank of Jordan River . The discoveries include monasteries, churches, water installations, caves & footpaths located & found during systematic survey and excavations during 1997upward on eastern side of Jordan River.

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