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 ...

About 10 years ago, Alice Hoffman, a screenwriter and author of more than 30 books, visited the ancient ruins of Masada for the first time. As she walked amid the crumbling cisterns, the synagogue and ...

The legend of Masada is the Alamo of the ancient world, the story of more than 900 Jewish rebels who held a nearly impregnable fort against the might of the Roman Empire. Embedded in the founding ...

(JNS) The Roman siege of the Judean Desert fortress of Masada two millennia ago took several weeks at most, according to a study from Tel Aviv University released on September 5th. The groundbreaking ...

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 ...

Alice Hoffman channels the panoramic history of the fortress through the first-person narrative voices of four women. Masada: the very name of the towering mountain fortress overlooking the Judean ...

It was 5 a.m. and there we were, 39 tired teenagers trudging up Masada’s historic snake path. From the bus windows, Masada did not look so formidable, just a normal midsized rock fortress. But once on ...

Get all the top news & discounts for TV & beyond. First told at the dawn of Christianity and at a moment of crisis for the Jews, the story of Masada has long fired the imagination of believers and non ...