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Vista general de Masada The massive earthen ramp at Masada, constructed by the Roman army to breach the fortress' walls. Photo taken from north of the ramp, looking south.

Masada

Plan of the fortress

View from

View from

View from

Surroundings:

Ruins of the church

Ruins of the church

Byzantine mozaics

Byzantine mozaics on the side walls

Ruins of the church

Masada Western Palace Mosaic

Masada Western Palace

Synagogue

Synagogue

Synagogue

Synagogue

Roman bathhouse

Roman bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Masada bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Masada bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Painted walls in the bathhouse

Masada store rooms

Masada Northern Palace

Masada Northern Palace

Masada camps E-F

Castra at Masada

Masada camp F

Masada camp A

Masada camp D

Masada camp C

Rural settlement

Location:

Israel, Masada
geo:31.31588,35.353867
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-70~ / unknown

Class:

Rural settlement
visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Josephus writes that the site was first fortified by Hasmonean ruler Alexander Jannaeus in the first century BC.

See:

Flavius Josephus, THE WARS OF THE JEWS, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2850/2850-h/2850-h.htm

Nearby

Masada Byzantine Church

Byzantine church dating from the 5th and 6th centuries.

Western Palace, Masada

Western Palace, Masada

Masada

Byzantine monastic cave.