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History. The fortress Machaerus was originally built by the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus (104 BC-78 BC) in about the year 90 BC, [6] serving an important strategic position. Its high, rocky vantage point was difficult to access, and invasions from the east could be easily spotted from there.
Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from Ancient Greek: μάχαιρα, lit. ' makhaira ' [a sword]; Hebrew: מכוור; Arabic: قلعة مكاور, romanized: Qala'at Mukawir, lit. 'Mukawir Castle') was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, now in ruins, located in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan, 25 km (16 mi) southeast of ...
Jul 2, 2023 · This reconstruction, published for the first time by the Biblical Archaeology Society, is courtesy of Győző Vörös and the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Machaerus is the infamous setting of the beheading of John the Baptist. The historian Josephus corroborates a story from the Gospels in which John the Baptist condemned Herod Antipas’s ...
Aug 13, 2019 · Jewish ritual baths—called mikva’ot (singular: mikveh )—are immersion pools used in ritual purification. A large mikveh —the largest thus far uncovered in modern Jordan—was excavated in 2016 at King Herod’s palace at Machaerus on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. This mikveh was used by King Herod and his royal family to purify ...
Nov 15, 2018 · Alexander Jannaeus (104-78 BC) had the Fortress of Machaerus built on top of a hill in 90 BC for geopolitical reasons. If today, the fortress offers breathtaking views of the Dead Sea and the ...
Machaerus (modern Mukawir) is located E of the Dead Sea on a high mountain over-looking the sea. In the 1st cent. b.c. it was fortified by Alexander Janneus, and later Herod the Great constructed an impressive palace on a hill opposite the fortification (Jos., War 7. 6. 2).
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Nov 13, 2020 · Timeline of Events at Machaerus. Late Hellenistic (Hasmonean) Period. c. 90 B.C.: The Machaerus fortress was founded by King Alexander Jannaeus. During the reign of his widow Queen Salome Alexandra (76–67 B.C.), it became one of the royal treasure houses of the Hasmonean rulers. 57 B.C.:
