If one looks to the site of Masada and observes these ruins there, we can see on the northern corner a three-tiered magnificent palace. This is where Herod and his retinue stayed, and they got the ...

King Herod’s legacy as an innovative builder was established by structures such as the imposing fortress of Masada nestled in the Judaean cliffs. Photograph by Duby Tal, Albatross/Age Fotostock ...

Masada was captured by the Sicarii at the outbreak of the war in 66 CE. Taking arms from Herod's storehouse, Menahem, the leader of the Sicarii, marched on Jerusalem. There he attempted to gain ...