AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan has launched a $100 million master plan aimed at attracting 1 million Christian pilgrims to celebrations of the second millennium of the baptism of Jesus in 2030. The ambitious ...

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been ...

When a society collapses, humans need places to gather. A 5,000-year-old ceremonial site shows how ancient people dealt with such events.

BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan Dec 14 (Reuters) - For centuries thousands of pilgrims a year have made the journey to Bethany Beyond The Jordan, a site on the east bank of the Jordan River which ...

BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN (Reuters) - Bethany beyond the Jordan, a site on the east bank of the Jordan River that Pope Benedict visited Sunday, claims to be the exact spot where Jesus was baptized.

Thousands of Catholic Christians attended a special mass Friday on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River in an annual pilgrimage to the site where many believe Jesus was baptised. Before the ceremony ...

FIFA, Jordan -- At a sprawling Bronze Age cemetery in southern Jordan, archaeologists have developed a unique way of peering into the murky world of antiquities looting: With aerial photographs taken ...

29 August 2006 Edraj.com, a new Jordan real estate website, announced it is to launch the edraj.com website, which will enable users to view properties online from within and outside of Jordan, as ...

In the ruins of an ancient Byzantine church in northern Jordan, local townspeople and Syrian refugees work side-by-side on a project that preserves cultural heritage and fights poverty. Meticulously ...

"Blocking a website that publishes satire shows intolerance toward criticism that is troubling." This statement was originally published on pen.org on 7 July 2023. PEN America today called on ...