Masada

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient fortress archaeological site siege tourist attraction

Masada is an ancient desert fortress in Israel, famed as the site of the Jewish rebels’ last stand against the Romans and now a major archaeological and UNESCO World Heritage site.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Masada canonical 28
Fortress of Masada 1
Herodian palace complex at Masada 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient fortress ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
siege ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessRoute Roman Ramp trail ⓘ
Snake Path ⓘ
area about 7.3 hectares ⓘ
associatedWith Jewish rebels ⓘ
Zealots ⓘ
surface form: Sicarii
builtBy Herod the Great ⓘ
combatant Jewish rebels ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 31 BCE ⓘ
constructionStart circa 37 BCE ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
date 73–74 CE ⓘ
elevation about 30 metres above sea level ⓘ
elevationRelativeToDeadSea about 400 metres above the Dead Sea ⓘ
excavatedBy Yigael Yadin ⓘ
fortifiedBy Herod the Great ⓘ
hasCableCar Masada cableway ⓘ
hasPart Herod’s Northern Palace ⓘ
Roman siege ramp ⓘ
Western Palace ⓘ
bathhouses ⓘ
casemate wall ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
surface form: National park of Israel
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList 2001 ⓘ
length about 600 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Judean Desert ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Southern District, Israel ⓘ
surface form: Southern District of Israel
locatedNear Dead Sea ⓘ
majorExcavations 1963–1965 ⓘ
managedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Arad ⓘ
nearbySettlement Ein Gedi ⓘ
partOf Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
referencedIn Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form: The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus
result Roman victory ⓘ
shape rhomboid plateau ⓘ
significantEvent Siege of Masada ⓘ
symbolOf Jewish resistance ⓘ
national heroism in Israel ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorOccupation Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War

Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean period

Herodian period ⓘ
topography isolated rock plateau ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
usedAs refuge ⓘ
royal citadel ⓘ
visitorAttractionStatus major tourist destination in Israel ⓘ
width about 300 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dead Sea shore → near → Masada ⓘ
Herodian period → location → Masada ⓘ
Dead Sea → near → Masada ⓘ
Herod the Great → associatedWith → Masada ⓘ
Eleazar ben Ya'ir → basedIn → Masada ⓘ
Eleazar ben Ya'ir → deathPlace → Masada ⓘ
Eleazar ben Ya'ir → associatedWith → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortress of Masada
Ein Gedi → near → Masada ⓘ
Judean Desert → contains → Masada ⓘ
Carmelit underground funicular → station → Masada ⓘ
subject surface form: Carmelit
Southern District, Israel → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Masada ⓘ
Siege of Masada → location → Masada ⓘ
Lucius Flavius Silva → besieged → Masada ⓘ
Lucius Flavius Silva → associatedWithPlace → Masada ⓘ
David Warner → notableWork → Masada ⓘ
Herod’s Northern Palace → partOf → Masada ⓘ
Herod’s Northern Palace → locatedIn → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada, Israel
Herod’s Northern Palace → formsPartOf → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herodian palace-fortress complex at Masada
Herod’s Northern Palace → heritageDesignation → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada UNESCO World Heritage Site
Western Palace → locatedIn → Masada ⓘ
Western Palace → locatedOn → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada plateau
Western Palace → partOf → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada archaeological site
Western Palace → partOf → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herodian palace complex at Masada
Western Palace → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf → Masada ⓘ
Masada cableway → terminus → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada fortress
Masada cableway → serves → Masada ⓘ
Snake Path → accesses → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient desert fortress of Masada
Roman Ramp trail → locatedIn → Masada ⓘ
Roman Ramp trail → accesses → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada fortress ruins
Roman Ramp trail → heritageContext → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Masada
Roman Ramp trail → nearbySite → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada Roman camps
Yigael Yadin → directedExcavation → Masada ⓘ
Yigael Yadin → knownFor → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: excavations at Masada
Yigael Yadin → academicWork → Masada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand
Arad → near → Masada ⓘ
Ehud Netzer → researched → Masada ⓘ
Ehud Netzer → workLocation → Masada ⓘ
Boris Sagal → notableWork → Masada ⓘ
Boris Sagal → directed → Masada ⓘ
Arad, Israel → locatedNear → Masada ⓘ
Gamla → comparedTo → Masada ⓘ
Hellenistic–Roman Judea → hasKeySite → Masada ⓘ