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 ...

“How many times have you been up here?” is a question I am often asked when I walk through the snake-path gate onto Masada’s impressive plateau. “Too many to count,” I answer, “But I still get ...

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 ...

There are few places more intertwined with the identity of a country and a people than the hilltop fortress of Masada. From Herod the Great's isolated citadel atop a 400-metre-high plateau in the ...

"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 ...