[1] Christians have adopted this identification since the Byzantine period and had built a monastery serving as a pilgrimage centre there.

[1] There used to be a rich repertoire of general and local Muslim legends regarding Aaron's tomb.

[1] The shrine of the Prophet Aaron is located at the highest point near Petra at an altitude of 1350 m.[citation needed] The myths[which?]

regarding the construction of the mountaintop shrine of the Prophet Aaron near Petra are primarily recorded by the locals.

When the shrine was destroyed in an unknown event, it was rebuilt and changes were made to it, including placing supports instead of columns.

The Book of Numbers (Chapter 20)[6] gives a detailed statement to the effect that, soon after the incident at Meribah (Kadesh), when Moses and Aaron showed impatience by bringing water out of a rock to quench the thirst of the people after God commanded them to speak to the rock, Aaron, his son Eleazar, and Moses ascended Mount Hor, on the edge of the borders of Edom.

Aaron died and was buried on the summit of the mountain, and the people mourned for him thirty days.

The other account is found in the Book of Deuteronomy, where Moses is reported as saying that Aaron died at Moseroth (Mosera) and was buried there.

[11] Mosera is sometimes identified with el-Tayibeh, a small fountain at the bottom of the pass leading to the ascent of Jebel Harun.

In August 2019, a group of Israeli tourists shared a video of themselves dancing with a Torah scroll at the site.