1st-century BC establishments in Hasmonean Judea

thumb|The Sanhedrin, from an 1883 encyclopedia

Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from [a sword]; ; ) was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan. The site is located southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.

thumb|Mount Sartaba, once topped by Alexandrium fortress

fortress in Israel