Masada Ruins
Written by John Reality, Cambodia, March 2012
RECOMMENDATION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
UNESCO Heritage Site,
Monument - Historical,
Ruin - Ancient
Comment from John Reality
Easily the most iconic historic site in Israel, the ruined stronghold known simply as Masada is located atop an isolated pinnacle of rock overlooking the Dead Sea at the western end of the Judean Desert. It’s easy to grasp the Israeli attachment to the legend and historicity of this incredible destination. There can be no better metaphor for, or signifier of the hopes and intentions of generations of Jews to exist and persist with a degree of security and sovereignty in the holy land than the very place where their ancestors made a last stand against Roman oppression so long ago.
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