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Photo © Jane Taylor/www.janetaylorphotos.com/Reconstruction superimposed by Győző Vörös.

The palatial fortress at Machaerus had a stunning perch above the Dead Sea, leaving an unobstructed, and quite beautiful, view of the fortresses to the west. In these computer-designed architectural reconstructions placed onto the physical landscape, the commanding majesty of the Herodian fortress comes to life again.