Looking out over the rugged, peacefully beautiful landscape surrounding the former Jewish fortress of Masada in Israel, it is difficult to imagine the violence and tragedy that occurred here in ...

After the fall of Jerusalem, many Jewish rebels fled to the fortress atop the Rock of Masada. The Roman army followed and surrounded the hilltop fortress with a siege bank(A), six feet thick and ...

An earthen ramp was erected by thousands of Jewish slaves whom the Romans brought to Masada especially for ... break through the seemingly impregnable fortress. Finally, they breached the wall.

The Jewish rebels at Masada were called “Sicarii” by Josephus ... missiles or other attacks from the fortress, the study ...

The Hebrew word for the mountain fortress, matzuda ... Others who toured the site this week agreed on the importance of Masada in Jewish history, but were less convinced that more money should ...

In 73 CE the fortress fell to the Romans after a protracted siege. With the fall of Masada, the last flame of the Jewish revolt was extinguished. In order to observe Jewish law as they understood ...

The research counters a long-held narrative about the first-century Roman siege of the fortress. The legend of Masada is etched into Jewish lore: For years, the story goes, ancient Jews held out ...

In his scenario, the woman was attached to the Roman garrison at Masada in A.D. 66 when the Zealots seized the fortress and killed the soldiers. Jewish fighters threw two Roman bodies into the ...

The site has since become a unique historical symbol for the Jewish people, while providing breathtaking views of the Dead Sea and Jordan. Masada is one of the most popular sites in Israel ...

after holding out against the Roman legions for six years during the Jewish war against Rome, the 960 zealot defenders of Masada, a natural rock fortress fortified by Herod, knowing that the next ...

Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian whose works were written in the years after the rebellion was crushed, said that a fortress was first constructed and named “Masada” (which derives from a ...