Machaerus (Mukawir)
Jordan /
Madaba /
Main /
Mukawir
World
/ Jordan
/ Madaba
/ Main
, 15 km from center (ماعين)
World / Jordan / Madaba
palace, castle, ruins, archaeological site
Ruins of Herod's The Great palace where Salome danced
Machaerus is a fortified hilltop palace located in Jordan fifteen miles (24 km) southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.
According to Flavius Josephus, it is the location of the imprisonment and execution of John the Baptist.
www.bible-architecture.info/Machaerus.htm
Machaerus is a fortified hilltop palace located in Jordan fifteen miles (24 km) southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.
According to Flavius Josephus, it is the location of the imprisonment and execution of John the Baptist.
www.bible-architecture.info/Machaerus.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerus
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°34'1"N 35°37'30"E
- Dhiban 13 km
- Aroer 15 km
- Qumran 27 km
- Umm ar-Rasas - UNESCO World Heritage Site 28 km
- Abila (Peraea) 31 km
- Valley of Hinnom 44 km
- Mount Moriah 45 km
- Mount of Remembrance 49 km
- Horbat Radna 57 km
- Khirbat Nakhl 58 km
- Al-Judaidah 4 km
- tribes Bani Hamida 5.8 km
- Wadi Um Ghuraybah 7 km
- Wadi Al Hidan 7.5 km
- Mujib Biosphere Reserve 7.7 km
- Wadi Mabna al Khaymah 8.6 km
- Ma'in Area 11 km
- Megilot 24 km
- The Dead Sea 27 km
- Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") 57 km