Jewish Telegraphic Agency4 个月
New archaeological research shows siege on Masada lasted just weeks, not years
Now, researchers from Tel Aviv University have determined that the first-century siege on Masada in southern Israel lasted just weeks, upending a long-held narrative about Jewish perseverance ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4 个月
The Roman Siege of Masada May Have Lasted Weeks, Not Years
F or many years, historians’ understanding of the Roman siege of Masada, which took place on a mountain in present-day Israel ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN2 个月
The Roman siege of Masada was different than previously thought
The myth of a lengthy siege has become intertwined with the story of Masada itself, and by extension, a part of Israeli ...
PBS2 年
The Credibility of Josephus
They expected a battle but ... of the state of Israel to be swept away by the rhetoric which Josephus derived from the classical tradition: "Live free or die!"' The Masada myth does not begin ...