Slide Title
Preview

Date
Spring 3-1980
Description
Mosaic in King Herod’s Palace at Masada. Despite it’s remote location, excavations at Masada have revealed beautiful tiles and mosaics, and balconies with beautiful views of the surrounding country. Masada was taken in A.D. 66 by Jewish rebels who held it for seven years before being over taken by the Romans. In 73/74 this was the location of the mass suicide of nine hundred rebels.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Dead Sea scrolls; Religion -- Archaeology and religion; Archaeology -- Israel -- Masada; Masada Site (Israel);
Country Name
Israel
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Massada: Tiles in Herod’s Palace" (1980). Browse All. 782.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/782
Keywords
historic, archaeology, Masada, Herod, religion
Notes
Rappaport, Uriel. The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (New York: Harvey House, Inc., 1967) pp. 97, 106-107