Masada; Herod's fortress and the Zealot's last stand / [print]
Translated from the Hebrew by Moshe Pearlman]
- New York, Random House (c)1966.
- 272 pages : illustrations (part color), map, plans (part color) ; 26 cm
The challenge -- The task -- Getting to work -- The site -- The northern palace-villa -- The large bath-house -- The storehouses -- The 'apartment' or garrison building -- The byzantine chapel -- The western place -- The casemate wall -- The ritual bath -- The scrolls -- The synagogue and its scrolls -- The remains of the last defenders -- Masada's history in the light of the finds -- The otherside of the hill -- The dramatic end -- The pioneers -- The volunteers.
Illustrated on-site account of the author's archaeological expedition to excavate the Jewish stronghold that fell to Rome in 73 A.D.