Masada: Herod's Fortress and the Zealots' Last Stand

This is the account of Yadin's excavation of the hill fort of Masada. What he found there confirmed Josephus' account of the siege. The spectacular discoveries included Herod's 3-tiered palace, the earliest-known manuscript of Ecclesiasticus & potsherds that may have been suicide lots used in 73 C.E.The challengeThe task Getting to workThe site The northern palace-villaThe large bath-houseThe storehouses The 'apartment' or garrison buildingThe byzantine chapelThe western placeThe casemate wallThe ritual bathThe scrolls The synagogue & its scrolls The remains of the last defenders Masada's history in the light of the finds The otherside of the hillThe dramatic endThe pioneers The volunteers