That reference to Rehoboth likely wasn't a well or river and may have been a town. In the Bible, Bethany is notable for multiple reasons. In the New Testament, it is the name of a village located ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as ...

Bettany Hughes lifts the lid on the most remarkable treasures of civilisation to investigate the story of humanity. In Jordan, Bettany explores the well-preserved Roman city of Jerash and journeys ...

In Jordan, Bettany explores the well-preserved Roman city of Jerash and journeys to three biblical sites: `Bethany Beyond the Jordan', the Dead Sea and Machaerus, where John the Baptist was imprisoned ...