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 ...

"Live free or die!"' The Masada myth does not begin in the twentieth century. Chart of the fortress at Masada.

In the desert between the southern city of Arad and the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada, this time of day is unique. Arad is built on a promontory – a raised mass of land that projects into a ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Frescoes from a room in a Herodian palace atop the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada were restored and returned to their original location. Discovered by former Israeli general ...