When Jerusalem fell in 70 A.D., hundreds of Jews journeyed through the desert to a place called Masada. They called it home until the Romans came and a bloody battle left behind only a few survivors.

The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken only after Masada-based Jewish forces raided nearby Ein Gedi and disrupted ...

For the first time, researchers have conducted a quantified analysis of the Roman siege at Masada. The team, from Tel Aviv University’s Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, used a ...

While there was Jewish existence on Masada from 66-73 AD, the Roman siege itself only lasted a matter of months. It is commonly said that the Jewish rebels atop Masada chose to commit mass suicide ...

Novelist Alice Hoffman's beautiful, harrowing "The Dovekeepers" is based on the siege of Masada, where a band of Jews made a last stand after fleeing the Roman army. Hoffman reads Saturday at ...

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