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Masada

Coordinates: 31°18′56″N 35°21′14″E / 31.31556°N 35.35389°E / 31.31556; 35.35389

an aerial view of masada

Masada (in Hebrew: מצדה - metsada means: fortress) is an archaeological site,[1][2] and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel. It is on top of an isolated rock plateau, like a mesa. The rock is on the east of the Judaean Desert, and overlooks the Dead Sea.

Herod the Great fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BC, and built palaces for himself on the mountain.

According to Josephus, the Sicarii, a splinter group of the Hebrew Zealots, held out against a Roman legion here. This was the Siege of Masada at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War. The seige ended in the mass suicide of 960 people – the rebels and their families.[3][4]

The hill is 63 meters above the sea level and 450 above the dead sea level near Mount Elazar.

Masada Media

  • A caldarium (hot room) in northern Roman-style public bath (#35 on plan)

  • Funeral to the human remains unearthed at Masada, 1969

  • Masada as painted by Edward Lear, 1858.

  • Model of the northern palace

  • Mapa mudo del yacimiento arqueológico de Masada con las estructuras más destacables numeradas (la muralla de casamatas y sus torres no se destacan al ser sus contornos evidentes):*1- Puerta del Camino de la Serpiente*2- Viviendas de los sicarios*3- Celdas de los monjes bizantinos*4- Cisterna*5- Viviendas de los sicarios*6- Baño ritual (mikve)*7- Puerta del sur (puerta de la cisterna)*8- Viviendas de los sicarios*9- Cisterna subterránea*10- Fortaleza meridional*11- Cisterna*12- Palacete*13- Falso Columbarium*14- Taller bizantino de mosaicos*15- Palacete*16- Palacete*17- Baño público (piscina)18 a 21- Palacio occidental:*18- Ala de servicio*19a- Zona de viviendas*19b- Zona de viviendas*20- Almacenes*21- Edificios administrativos22- Torre del curtido*23- Puerta bizantina occidental*24- Torres columbaria*25- Sinagoga*26- Capilla bizantina*27- Edificio de la guarnición28 a 39: Palacio septentrional*28- Residencia del comandante*29- Cantera*30- Cuarteles del comandante*31- Torre vigía*32- Edificios administrativos*33- Puerta*34a- Almacenes*34b- Almacenes*35- Sala de baños*36- Puerta del foso37 a 39: Residencia de Herodes*37- Terraza superior*38- Terraza intermedia*39- Terraza inferiorOtros puntos de interés:*A- Casamata donde se hallaron varios pergaminos*B- Salón del trono de Herodes*C- Mosaico de colores*D- Brecha de la muralla por donde entró el ejército romano*E- Tesoro de siclos de plata*F- Lugar donde se hallaron varios pergaminos*G- Estancia donde se encontraron tres esqueletos*

  • Set of three Masada commemorative stamps, issued by Israel in 1965

  • The Northern Palace's lower terrace (#39 on plan)

  • Stepped pool interpreted by Yadin as a Herodian swimming pool, possibly used as a public ritual immersion bath (mikveh) by the rebels (#17 on plan)

  • Byzantine church (#26 on plan)

  • Aerial view showing Masada and the Snake Path from the northeast

References

  1. ↑ World Heritage Sites. [1]
  2. ↑ "Photographs & footage of the Yadin excavations". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  3. ↑ Stiebel, Guy D. 2007. "Masada." Encyclopaedia Judaica. (eds) Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed, vol 13. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, p593–599. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
  4. ↑ Ben-Yuda, Nachman 2000. The Bible and interpretation: the Masada myth Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

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