In this undated photo, the hilltop of Machaerus can be seen. The site used to serve as a fortress protecting Jerusalem, according to a Hungarian archaeologist (Photo courtesy of Gyozo Voros) AMMAN — ...

Josephus said that the assassination was carried out at Machaerus, a fort near the Dead Sea in what is now part of Jordan. Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, painted by Dutch Reneissance ...

His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, visited the Fortress of Machaerus and the Jordan River Foundation’s Bani Hamida Women Weaving Project in Madaba on Tuesday (Photo ...