Masada National Park, Israel (March 2023)

Masada, an ancient mountain fortress in southeastern Israel. It
occupies the entire top of a mesa that is 1,424 ft (434 m) tall and has
an area of about 18 acres (7 hectares). It is best known for the
fortifications built by Herod the Great in the 1st century bc; it was
captured by the Zealots, a Jewish sect, in their revolt against Rome in
ad 66. After the fall of Jerusalem, Masada, the last remnant of Jewish
rule in Palestine, refused to surrender. In 73, after a lengthy siege, it
was finally taken by the Romans, who found that nearly all of the
some 1,000 Zealots there had committed suicide rather than be
captured. In the 20th century the fortress became a symbol of Jewish
national heroism; now one of Israel’s most visited tourist attractions, it
was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001.

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