From the top of the hill, even Jerusalem would have been visible, with the smoke of the sacrificial temple's offerings rising from its altars, MMA Research Director Gyozo Vörös told The Jordan Times ...

This place is also known as "Bethany Beyond the Jordan." It's the place where, legend has it, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, who was decapitated a little farther away, in Mukawir.

Jordan's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry plans ... Salaita also told The Media Line that major work will be performed to renovate the Mukawir (Machaerus) site near Madaba, where it is believed ...

Mukawir, where John the Baptist was killed, and Tall Mar-Elyas or Tishbe, the birthplace of Elijah. Bethany Beyond the Jordan currently attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year ...

Clouds were blowing up out of the Jordan Valley and columns of rain marched ... Stewart The day had cleared as I continued south from Mukawir. Sun splashed across landscapes that were pleasingly ...

It commemorates three decades of diplomatic relations between Jordan and the Holy See. The exhibition also coincides with the 60th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s visit to Jordan in 1964.

AMMAN — An Italian delegation specialised in archaeology visited Madaba to provide consultations and designs for the development of the Mukawir site and the preservation of mosaics in the ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - Madaba has welcomed ... Other notable sites include Mukawir with 22,597 visitors, the Panorama of the Dead Sea with 25,094 visitors and the Maen Hot Springs with ...

A: Mukawir city of country Jordan lies on the geographical coordinates of 31° 34' 6" N, 35° 38' 8" E.

The Mukawir site saw a remarkable 600 percent increase in the number of visitors that can be attributed to the site's improved services and development, its recognition as one of the Christian ...