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ID: 7002463
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002463

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Machærus (deserted settlement)  Machærus (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 34 02 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.5670  decimal degrees
Long: 035 37 27 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.6240  decimal degrees

Note: Site of fortified village originally built by the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus ca. 90 BCE; destroyed by Pompey in 57 BCE; rebuilt by Herod the Great; in the Bible, location where John the Baptist was beheaded.

Names:
Machærus (preferred,C,V,S)
Machaerus (C,V)
Μαχαιροῦς (C,V,Greek,U)
Makhaira (C,V)
Qalatu l-Mishnāqá (C,V)
ِقلة المشناقى‎ (C,V,Arabic,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Urdun (nation)  ........  Al Urdun (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al ‘Āṣimah (governorate)  ............  Al ‘Āṣimah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Machærus (deserted settlement)  ................  Machærus (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  ancient village
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
hillfort (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Μαχαιροῦς..........  [VP]
....................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
ِقلة المشناقى‎..........  [VP]
.............................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Machærus..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 799
Machaerus..........  [VP]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
Makhaira..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Qalatu l-Mishnāqá..........  [VP]
................................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 799
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

 

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