It was mentioned by Josephus in his book (Jewish war (1:6:5, and it was a rest stop on the main road linking Jericho and Beisan, and is now known as “Al Qarawah” and is located at the lower Wadi Al Far’a, and near it is the site of “Qarn Sartaba”, which was mentioned in the book Al Mishnah, and this site is also known as Al Iskandariun or Al Iskandrium in Latin, and it is a castle built by King Herod, and later the Hasmoneans took it from the Romans We notice on the map of Madaba that the site was represented by a castle with fortified towers and in a high mountainous area.