Reports came last week that President Donald Trump would avoid visiting the ancient site of Masada in the Judaean desert during his trip to the Middle East because his helicopter was not allowed to ...

In 72 CE, the Roman governor of Judaea, Lucius Flavius Silva, led a full legion and several auxiliary units, including Jewish prisoners of war, totaling some 15,000 men and women, of whom an estimated ...

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The main details of the famous 1st-century Roman siege on Masada are extremely well-known: The years-long Roman soldiers’ encampment below the walls, the Jewish rebels’ last stand after the ...

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 blend of ...

Israel's ancient fortress Masada is an incredible place to visit, on a mountaintop plateau above the Dead Sea. Masada is a UNESCO World Heritage site that's been remarkably preserved for thousands of ...

When Jerusalem fell in 70 AD, hundreds of Jews journeyed through the desert and settled in the haven of Masada. In what is now southern Israel, Masada was an old fortress of King Herod's that sits ...

MASADA, Israel – An Israeli anthropologist is using modern forensics and an obscure biblical passage to challenge accepted wisdom about mysterious human remains found at Masada, the desert fortress ...

For many years, historians’ understanding of the Roman siege of Masada, which took place on a mountain in present-day Israel around 73 C.E., relied primarily on a detailed account by the famous ...

"You cannot surrender, you cannot give up. You should fight to the last second," the young Israeli boy said after scratching his head and thinking for just a few seconds. He was talking about what he ...