A mosaic from the baths of the fortress of Machaerus

Carole Raddato · file-level dates · Wikimedia Commons — Real-world location photos (cc_by_sa_2.0)

A photograph of a mosaic from the baths of the fortress of Machaerus, built by Herod the Great, the most ancient mosaic found in Jordan, as Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife (Matthew 14:3).

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