Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Spring 3-1980

Description

Excavations of Masada were not seriously undertaken until the 1960s when Masada became part of Israeli territory. With the help of twentieth century technology archeologists were able to access this natural fortress that had been largely untouched for nearly two thousand years. This photograph shows excavated ruins of King Herod’s Palace, built by King Herod in the first century BC. Later it was used by the Zealots, approximately 900 Jewish rebels who held the fortress for seven years before it was over taken by the Roman Army in AD 74.

Notes

Rappaport, Uriel. The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (New York: Harvey House, Inc., 1967) pp. 97, 106-107

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Masada, Romans, Zealots, Jews, ruins, historic, archeology, Herod

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