The Roman siege of Masada at the end of the First Jewish-Roman War lasted “mere weeks” overturning previous beliefs of a drawn-out battle ove several years, according to a new study. Researchers ...

A newly published study suggests that the siege laid by the Roman army to the Judean desert fortress of Masada in 73 CE lasted no more than a few weeks, contrary to the long-held belief that the siege ...

The researchers: "According to the common myth, the Romans laid siege to the desert fortress of Masada for three long years. A new survey employing advanced technologies indicates that the siege was ...

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 ...

Mark rides a cable car to the top of a plateau where the ruins of the once great fortress Masada sit. Today Masada is a popular and valuable tourist attraction that provides context to one of Middle ...

Did hundreds of Jews really commit suicide at Masada? Historian Shaye Cohen compares Josephus' account with recent archaeological evidence. From "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, ...

The finding of 15 skeletons and fragments of clothing in a small cave near the summit of a cliff at the Masada fortress along the shore of the Dead Sea were reported here today by Yigael Yadin, noted ...

A 2,000-year-old Biblical scroll on parchment containing Chapters 8 to 11 of the Book of Leviticus was discovered today at the ancient fortress of Masada in the Judean Wilderness as the Hebrew ...