With
the opening of the Baptism Archaeological Park to
the public, people from throughout the world can
visit the site for themselves, and experience the
unique continuity of spirituality that is measured
in this land in thousands of years. Pilgrims and
other visitors will be able to reach the Byzantine
monastery at Bethany beyond the Jordan, the
churches and other ancient remains on the
pilgrims' route, the Wadi el-Kharrar, and the
"Jungle of the Jordan" region alongside the Jordan
River Service facilities that have been provided
by the Jordanian government include a new road
from the Dead Sea area, a visitors' centre, paths
and walkways to the most important religious and
archaeological sites, and all necessary sanitary
and transport facilities.
These
seminal events in the birth of Christianity along
with other major prophetic traditions of Islam and
Judaism are repeatedly mentioned in the respective
holy books of the three faiths. This prophetic
history that took place in the land that is now in
modern Jordan was commemorated and documented in
many Byzantine era texts. The field work since
1995 has also provided substantial new
archaeological evidence to support the textual and
oral traditions. 
