AMMAN Isolated in the middle of a rocky mountain plateau that dominates the Dead Sea lie the ruins of the Herodian fortress Macaereus, where according to historian Josephus (37 AD-100 AD) and the Gospels, John the Baptist was executed around 29 AD by Herod Antipas, the son of King Herod the Great, said Professor Gyozo Voros, a Hungarian archaeologist who led the excavation
Isolated in the middle of a rocky mountain plateau that dominates the Dead Sea lie the ruins of the Herodian fortress Macaereus, where according to hist