Masada The Last Stronghold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Pk0iOGowo
After breakfast we drove along the shores of the Dead Sea to visit the most spectacular sites in Israel - the 1,500 feet mountaintop fortress of Masada. Built by King Herod, Masada is famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. Why conquer this place? The Romans after conquering everything they could conquer around and about just could not let go because it's the one and only stronghold they had not conquered. Our group ascended by cable car and discovered the 1st century synagogue, Herod's Bathhouse and many other sites.
The black line along the wall is the mark of reconstruction when the buildings were destroyed by an earthquake. I have noted on my mind there was no earthquake there since that time - only in the days of King Herod. He maybe great but he's bad news!
Published 12/1/10 lib's labyrinth blogspot
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