Masada
Appearance
מצדה | |
Aerial view o Masada | |
Location | Soothren Destrict, Israel |
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Region | Judea |
Coordinates | 31°18′56″N 35°21′14″E / 31.31556°N 35.35389°ECoordinates: 31°18′56″N 35°21′14″E / 31.31556°N 35.35389°E |
Teep | Fortification |
History | |
Bigger | Alexander Jannaeus (?) Herod the Great |
Foondit | 1st century BCE |
Events | Siege o Masada |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1963–1965 |
Airchaeologists | Yigael Yadin |
Wabsteid | www |
Criteria | Cultural: iii, iv, vi |
Reference | 1040 |
Inscription | 2001 (25t Session) |
Aurie | 276 ha |
Buffer zone | 28,965 ha |
Masada (Hebrew: מצדה metsada, "fortress"[1]) is an auncient fortification in the Soothren Destrict o Israel situatit on tap o an isolatit rock plateau, akin tae a mesa.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ pronunciation (help·info); the term semply means "fortress" in Modren Ebreu; in Biblical Ebreu מְצָד mĕtsad "moontain-fortress; stranghauld" frae a ruit meanin "tae hunt, lie in wait for prey". Gesenius, Hebrew-English Lexicon (H4679).
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