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Masada מצדה

Buildings and Sites

Mountain fortress above the Dead Sea built by Herod. It was the last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against Rome and fell in 73 or 74 CE.

Illustration from the book. Photographs, where shown, are from Wikimedia Commons, with author and license beside each. Click a photograph to enlarge it.

Sources

  • The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 195.