January
06
/ 2021
A courtyard uncovered among the ancient ruins at Machaerus, a fortified hilltop palace in Jordan, may have profound historical significance. According to one prominent academic, this courtyard is where John the Baptist was condemned to death by the Roman-appointed ruler of Galilee and Peraea (the east bank of the Jordan River), Herod Antipas. This is the assertion of Gyozo Voros, an archaeologist from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the director of an ongoing large-scale excavation project at Machaerus. Voros revealed his provocative conclusions in the recently released book Holy Land Archaeology on Either Side: Archaeological Essays in Honour of Eugenia Alliata. Salome, Herod Antipas, and the Death of John the Baptist Taking his lead from a story from the
