Here are the ruins of Herod's hilltop palace at Mukawir. This is where Salome danced her seductive dance for her step-father Herod. Herod was so impressed that he promised her anything she wanted. Prompted by her mother, she requested John the Baptist's head on a platter and Herod obliged.
John the Baptist's head is now in a tomb at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
View of the hilltop from a distance.
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