Machaerus

Herod’s troops were able to catch him unawares and he was taken to the eastern side of the Dead Sea to one of Herod’s desert fortresses called Machaerus.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

Herod’s troops were able to catch him unawares and he was taken to the eastern side of the Dead Sea to one of Herod’s desert fortresses called Machaerus.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

A few years ago I visited the partially excavated fortress of Machaerus, shaped from a natural plateau that rises 2,300 feet above the Dead Sea.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

Early in his reign he enlarged and fortified the various desert fortresses that the Hashmoneans had founded, including Masada, the Alexandrium, Machaerus, and Hyrcania.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

Early in his reign he enlarged and fortified the various desert fortresses that the Hashmoneans had founded, including Masada, the Alexandrium, Machaerus, and Hyrcania.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

John had stirred things considerably in Galilee but he was not a healer or an exorcist, and now he seemed powerless in prison at Machaerus.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

John had stirred things considerably in Galilee but he was not a healer or an exorcist, and now he seemed powerless in prison at Machaerus.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

A few years ago I visited the partially excavated fortress of Machaerus, shaped from a natural plateau that rises 2,300 feet above the Dead Sea.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

But he had the hardihood to send various men from Machaerus to spread dissension and discontent throughout my domain.

Herodias 2003

The sun, rising behind Machaerus, spread a rosy flush over the sky, lighting up the stony shores, the hills, and the desert, and illuming the distant mountains of Judea, rugged and grey in the early dawn.

Herodias 2003