Jebel al-Madhbah

30°19′19″N 35°26′51″E / 30.321944°N 35.4475°E / 30.321944; 35.4475

Jebel al-Madhbah

Jebel al-Madhbah (Arabic: جبل المذبح, Jabal al-Madhbaḥ, lit. "mountain of the altar") is a mountain at Petra, Jordan, at whose peak there is a large Nabataean ritual site centered around an altar.[1]

  1. ^ Sartre, Maurice (2005). The Middle East Under Rome. Harvard University Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780674016835.