Posted on 01/06/2021 5:16:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
Archaeologists claim that they have identified the deadly dance floor where John the Baptist...was sentenced to death around A.D. 29.
The Bible and the ancient writer Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) both describe how King Herod Antipas, a son of King Herod, had John the Baptist executed. Josephus specified that the execution took place at Machaerus, a fort near the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan.
...Herod Antipas was set to marry a woman named Herodias, both of whom had been divorced — something that John the Baptist objected to.
At Herod Antipas' birthday party, Herodias' daughter, named Salome, performed a dance that so delighted Herod Antipas that the king promised her anything she wanted as a reward. Salome, goaded on by Herodias, asked for the head of John the Baptist. Herod Antipas was reluctant to grant the request, according to the Bible, but he ultimately decided to fulfill it and had John the Baptist's head brought to Salome on a platter.
More than half a dozen scholars not involved with the excavations talked to Live Science about the claim that Herod Antipas' throne, and the courtyard where the deadly dance was performed, had been found. Some scholars were convinced, while others were skeptical.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Hey, no parking on the dance floor!
Salome/Rita Hayworth- The Dance of the Seven Veils
https://youtu.be/SLpwQG7I9OU?t=41
Thanks BenLurkin.
Why to Not Completely Trust History, or People (Claudius and Herod)
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Aug 16, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNEJ6ahD7J0
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