This is from the top of Mas(z)ada, an amazing hilltop fortress that was held by the Zealots until the Romans finally came and held it under siege. It's practically a cliff on all sides (1400ft), and the Romans could not capture it unless they built a road to the top. After 3 years the Romans made it to the top only to find that the Zealots (over a thousand of them) had preferred to commit mass suicide rather than be taken as slaves (or worse) by the Romans. From the top we watched the sun rise over the Dead Sea, and thought of the weightiness of the history of here.
(more from this trip to come....)
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