(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.

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Jordan launched an exhibition exploring the country's Christian heritage in ... Mount Nebo, the final resting place of the prophet Moses; Machaerus, where the martyrdom of John the Baptist is ...

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 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 ...