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 ...

believed to be the cave where Mary, Jesus Christ and his disciples rested during a journey. Machaerus is where people ...

MUKAWIR — Pilgrims and visitors to the 2,000-year-old Citadel of Machaerus will be able to authentically envision the point in history when Salome danced and when St John the Baptist was beheaded, ...

An artist's view of the royal bath in Machaerus. A Hungarian archaeological mission digging in the ruins of Machaerus, a fortress built by King Herod on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN — Prior to 1968, the hilltop of Machaerus, overlooking the Dead Sea near Mount Nebo was an untouched 'virgin' site, according to Hungarian archaeologist Gyozo Voros.