Masada

Masada is a rugged, high outcrop of rock by the Dead Sea, with majestic beauty. It is located in the Judaean Desert proudly overlooking the Dead Sea. It was fortified & built as a palace complex by Herod the Great in the 30s BC(reigned 37 – 4 B.C.). The camps, attack ramp that encircle the monument and fortifications constitute the most complete Roman siege works surviving to the present day.