EditorialHill of Gamla,Israel.The "camel-back" was fortified by Josephus Flavius during the First Jewish Revolt,it fell to Vespasian's troops in 67 CE.Similar to Masada six years later,the remaining Jews in Gamla comitted mass- suicide by jumping into the ravin...
EditorialOil press in the jewish settlement of Gamla, a town fortified by Josephus Flavius during the First Jewish Revolt (66-73 CE). Surrounded on all sides by Emperor Vespasian's troops, the population of Gamla committed mass-suicide by jumping into the ravin...
EditorialHerodion, Israel. Herod the Great's splendid fortress-palace built on an artificial hill 750 m high. According to Josephus Flavius, the historian of the Jewish War, Herod was also buried in the Herodion.
EditorialPart of the procession way leading around the western and northern walls into the Temple, Jerusalem, Israel Originally 7 meters large. Flavius Josephus described it.