PHDid you know that Handel's Messiah was performed in the Jordanian village of Mukawir, with a background view of the ancient fortress where John the Baptist was beheaded?
Mukawir (Arabic: مكاور, romanized: Mukawir) is a Jordanian town located in the Madaba Governorate approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the capital Amman. The village is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east from the ruins of Machaerus, a hilltop fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, where John the Baptist was beheaded around 32 AD. Mukawir contains ruins of three 7th-century Byzantine churches, as well as several traditional houses from the early 20th century. In 2010, it had a population of around 400 people.
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Mukawir (Arabic: مكاور, romanized: Mukawir) is a Jordanian town located in the Madaba Governorate approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the capital Amman. The village is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east from the ruins of Machaerus, a hilltop fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, where John the Baptist was beheaded around 32 AD. Mukawir contains ruins of three 7th-century Byzantine churches, as well as several traditional houses from the early 20th century. In 2010, it had a population of around 400 people.
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