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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(JNS) The Roman siege of the Judean Desert fortress of Masada two millennia ago took several weeks at most, according to a study from Tel Aviv University released on September 5th. The groundbreaking ...

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 Bottom Line: Don’t be afraid to veer off the itinerary. Israel is a place where history is layered like an onion.

Assembled in battle array below the great rock fortress of Masada, the 5,000 men of the Roman Tenth Legion begin their charge, superbly equipped and ready for the task ahead. Above them, behind the ...

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 ...

Seeds found in the ancient fortress of Masada that date from the time of Christ have borne fruit in Israel. Elaine Solowey, a botanist with the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies at Kibbutz ...

Beginning in the late 1970s, a series of clandestine operations brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews home to Israel and led to the establishment of a proud, flourishing community known as Beta Israel.

The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. The jaw-dropping ancient hill fortress of Masada in Israel is an ...