The Heroic Jewish Martyrs Of The Mountain Fort Masada | Archaeology

Excavations at Masada from 1963 to 1965 revealed the magnificent fortress-palace of King Herod the Great of Judeas (37 to 4 BC). These excavations also exposed tragic evidence of the unsuccessful attempt by Jewish rebels to prevent Masada's capture by the Romans in 74 AD. Yet, in focusing almost entirely on the defenders, the modern archaeological explorers of Masada may have overlooked its true historical significance: Masada was the site of a brutally efficient, though cruelly successful, exercise in the techniques of Roman siege warfare.

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