Travel Reference
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Machaerus
Biblical reference
The King was sad, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he
gave orders that her request be granted, and had John beheaded in the prison
(Matthew
14:9-12)
Historical record
John the Baptist had claimed that Herod Antipas' marriage to his broth-
er's wife, Herodias, was unlawful. So, at the request of Salome, Herodias' daughter, John
was killed (
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Mt Nebo
Biblical reference
Go up into…Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view
Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. There on the moun-
tain that you have climbed you will die
(Deuteronomy 32:49-50)
Historical record
Mt Nebo is revered as a holy place because it is where Moses is repor-
ted to have died, although his tomb has never been found (
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Tell al-Kharrar
Biblical reference
Then Jesus came from the Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John
(Matthew 3:13)
Historical record
Tell al-Kharrar is regarded as Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan where Jesus
was baptised by John the Baptist (
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Umm Qais
Biblical reference
When he [Jesus] arrived at the other side in the region of Gadarenes,
two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him
(Matthew 8:28-34)
Historical record
Umm Qais is known as Gadara in the Bible, as well as in other ancient
scriptures (
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1812
Swiss explorer Jean Louis Burckhardt, aged 27, 'rediscovers' Petra for the West, stimulating a fascination with an-
cient history in the region that endures for the next two centuries.
1868
