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.

Aliases (2)

Siege of Masada ×6
Fortress of 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 → 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	National park of Israel →
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList	2001 →
length	about 600 metres →
locatedIn	Judean Desert →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Southern District of Israel →
locatedNear	Dead Sea →
majorExcavations	1963–1965 →
managedBy	Israel Nature and Parks Authority →
material	stone →
nearbyCity	Arad →
nearbySettlement	Ein Gedi →
partOf	First Jewish–Roman War →
referencedIn	The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus →
result	Roman victory →
shape	rhomboid plateau →
significantEvent	Siege of Masada →
symbolOf	Jewish resistance → national heroism in Israel →
timePeriodOfMajorOccupation	First Jewish–Roman War → 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 (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dead Sea → Dead Sea shore → Ein Gedi →	near
Eleazar ben Ya'ir ("Fortress of Masada") → Herod the Great →	associatedWith
Eleazar ben Ya'ir →	basedIn
Judean Desert →	contains
Eleazar ben Ya'ir →	deathPlace
Herodian period →	location
Carmelit →	station