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 ...

Only two women and five children survived the Roman army’s attack on Masada, a mountaintop settlement in the desert where Jews fled after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. Nine hundred others perished ...

Masada is located on an isolated mesa in the Judean Desert, the steep and erect slopes to which rise to a height of more than 400 meters above the Dead Sea. The combination of cliffs and escarpments ...

Sitting on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert, Massada's steep slopes and precipices rise more than 400 meters above the Dead Sea. The combination of cliffs and escarpments in the desert area ...

In the middle of the first century AD, after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian, a group of Jewish zealots found refuge from the Roman troops in the desert fortress built ...

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The year is 73 AD, and the location is South Israel. Atop the Masada fortress, the world witnessed an act of defiance culminating in a horrific tragedy. View from a Point Near King Tewodros' House ...

We misjudge how long it will take to sweep down the coast from Jerusalem, arriving tired-eyed and groggy at the foot of the Masada cliffs hours before we had planned. The idea had been to make our way ...

Not exactly a call to arms perhaps, but it was a call for muscular arms, strong backs and sturdy legs, along with energy, commitment and a readiness to rough it. On 11 August 1963, under the headline ...

MASADA, ISRAEL—The active campaign to list Masada among the world heritage sites received a huge boost this month with the Israeli Opera’s staging of a two camel-, 10-horse production of Verdi’s ...