332. MOUNT OF THE TEMPTATION – IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, NEAR JERICHO, ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THIS IS THE SITE WHERE THE SPIRIT TEMPTED JESUS (MARK 1:12-13). A MONASTERY, STILL OCUPIED TODAY, WAS BUILT ON THIS SPOT IN LATE BYZANTINE TIMES, ON THE MOUNTAITOP CAN BE SEEN THE REMAINS OF AN EARLY BYZANTINE CHURCH
Photograph by Zev Radovan
