Machaerus

Madaba Governorate · Jordan

Machaerus, Jordan
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A fortified hilltop palace built by Herodian rulers high above the Dead Sea, traditionally linked to the imprisonment of John the Baptist. Reconstructed columns crown the isolated conical peak.

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