Essays Tagged: "Masada"

what really happened at Masada?

Professor ClineAnthropology 188Masada Position PaperAt one of the lowest points on Earth, by the Dead Sea in Israel, a flat-topped ... PaperAt one of the lowest points on Earth, by the Dead Sea in Israel, a flat-topped mountain called Masada "became a metaphor for the new state of Israel-a place where, Jews making their last stand ag ... years after Jerusalem fell in 70 A.D., finally chose mass suicide over surrender. "Never again will Masada fall" became the refrain (Ben-Yehuda et al, 1998)." According to historian Josephus Flavius i ...

(3 pages) 12 0 5.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

semester paper

Introduction'Masada shall not fall again', Israeli soldiers took an oath there. Masada, as a UNESCO World Heritag ... es listed currently, containing 725 cultural, 183 natural and 28 mixed properties. (Wikipedia, 2012)Masada which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 is located in the Southern District o ... the casern edge of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea.(refer to Appendix 1) The beauty of Masada is of a majestic order. The site is a rugged natural fortress (refer to Appendix 2), built as ...

(8 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers