Researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology have produced the first objective, ...

Findings indicate that, contrary to the widespread myth, the Roman army's siege of Masada in 73 CE lasted no more than a few weeks. The study was conducted by the Neustadter expedition from TAU's ...

After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D., the Sicarii fled Jerusalem and settled at Masada, but four years later, the Romans laid siege to their city. According to legend, rather than ...

Masada was captured by the Sicarii at the outbreak ... There he attempted to gain control of the revolt by directing the siege of the royal palace. After his followers had assassinated the high ...