The fortress Machaerus was originally built by the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus (104 BC-78 BC) in about the year 90 BC, [7] serving an important strategic position. Its high, rocky vantage point was difficult to access, and invasions from …

Jun 18, 2024 · Machaerus is the infamous setting of the beheading of John the Baptist. The historian Josephus corroborates a story from the Gospels in which John the Baptist condemned Herod Antipas’s marriage to his brother’s wife, Herodias.

Aug 28, 2020 · Machaerus is the location of the New Testament episode featuring Princess Salome and John the Baptist. Photo: Courtesy Győző Vörös. Where did this event take place? Where was John the Baptist beheaded?

Dec 28, 2020 · Machaerus is an archaeological site and a fortified palace, located on the eastern side of the Dead Sea in present-day Jordan. The earliest evidence of occupation dates from the reign of the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus, who ruled Judea and the surrounding regions between 104-78 BC.

Machaerus (the name means “black fortress”) was one of a series of hilltop strongholds established by Herod the Great — the father of Antipas — along the edge of the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea.

Salome danced at Machaerus. And John the Baptist was beheaded there. The gospel story is supplemented by the Jewish historian Josephus: It all began when Herod Antipas (King Herod the Great’s son who ruled Galilee and Perea between 4 B.C. and 39 A.D.; see the following article) lusted after his brother’s wife Herodias.

Aug 9, 2022 · Machaerus is an archeological site and a fortified palace that is located on the top of a hill overlooking Jordan’s Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. The historic area of Machaerus is believed to be the place where the story of John …

King Herod the Great built an impressive palace-fortress at Machaerus, east of the Dead Sea. See how the site’s excavators restored the throne niche in his royal palace.

Machaerus (modern Mukawir) is located E of the Dead Sea on a high mountain over-looking the sea. In the 1st cent. b.c. it was fortified by Alexander Janneus, and later Herod the Great constructed an impressive palace on a hill opposite the fortification (Jos., War 7.

Mar 4, 2022 · Machaerus (also often seen as Makawer / Mukawir / Mukawir Castle / Qala’at Mukawir) lies in modern day Jordan. Now a hilltop ruin, with impressive views, it was once the fortress of Herod Antipas where John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded.