(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.

MMA Research Director Gyozo Vörös told The Jordan Times in a recent interview. The hilltop of Mukawir, the Biblical Machaerus, is where Salome is believed to have danced for Herodus Antipus who, ...

For five decades teams have worked to restore Machaerus, Jordan, the place where the iconic Jewish preacher was beheaded between 28AD and 36AD. According to Sputnik News, Hungarian archaeologist ...

Hungarian Archaeologists Unearth Herod’s Fortress, Ritual Bath, East of Jordan River. By. JNi.Media - 21 Sivan 5777 – June 15, 2017. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

Archeologists working in Machaerus, ... Herod Antipas regularly ruled from Machaerus, a well defended fortress-palace 16 miles from the river Jordan. In a new book, ...

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 ...

Machaerus is where people commemorate the martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist. Finally, Al-Maghtas, on the eastern bank of the River Jordan, is believed to be where Jesus was baptised.

Several major Christian sites are undergoing ambitious restoration projects in the country, which also recently inaugurated a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. Sites with Christian ...

Machaerus is a strategic citadel-fortress protecting Jerusalem on the eastern side of the River Jordan, said Voros. The archaeologist, who is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, has been ...