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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. Triumphal Arch in the south of the city; erected for Emperor Hadrian's visit to Gerasa in 129/130 CE.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...