Josephus specified that the execution took place at Machaerus, a fort near the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan. Herod Antipas feared the growing influence of John the Baptist among the population ...

2020), a courtyard uncovered at Machaerus is likely the place where Salome danced and where Herod Antipas decided to have John the Baptist beheaded. Voros said that the courtyard has a niche that ...

Archeologists working in Machaerus, in Israel, have allegedly discovered the site of Salome’s famous dance. As one of three sons, Herod Antipas inherited only Galilee and Perea from his father.

A Hungarian archaeological mission digging in the ruins of Machaerus, a fortress built by King Herod on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, has discovered a large ritual bath which were likely ...

Machaerus (meaning sword in Greek) was built by Hasmonean Alexander Jannaeus in ca. 90 BC, and it was destroyed by Gabinius in 57 BC, the scholar explained. The fortress was transformed into a royal ...

King Herod Antipas, a song of the King Herod mentioned in the Nativity, is said to have decided on John the Baptist's execution at Machaerus fort in modern-day Jordan. Some texts suggest John was ...

Based on the excavations and studies of the site, the team reached the conclusion that Machaerus was inhabited during three periods: the Hasmonean period, the period after Herod the Great’s ...

Vörös, who is director of Machaerus Excavations and Surveys at the Dead Sea, reconstructed a courtyard around Herod's throne and posits an apsidal-shaped niche was part of the king's throne.