THE BIBLE PLACES BLOG: Luke & Acts (8): John the Baptist (Michael J. Caba). This continues the series that was formerly called "Historical Reliability of Luke-Acts."
Past PaleoJudaica posts on Machaerus are here and links. For a skeptical response to the claim that the bones of John the Baptist are in Bulgaria, see here.
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