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Masada

Also known as Metzada

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31.3156, 35.3539 · Wikidata Q186312 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map

Herodian fortress where the last rebels held out until 73/74, per Josephus.

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Masada is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BC, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising over 400 m (1,300 ft) above the surrounding terrain, 20 km (12 mi) east of modern Arad.

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Wikidata Q186312 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
Pleiades place 687968 · Pleiades contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY 3.0

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Pleiades 687968
VIAF 126988327
Library of Congress sh85081785
Trismegistos 3148

Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) · event
Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth · book
Jodi Magness · scholar

jewish-revolts · archaeology

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