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...
EditorialHill of Gamal, Israel. Fortified by Josephus Flavius during the First Jewish Revolt, the town finally fell to Vaspasian's troops in 67 CE. Similar to Masada six years later, the remaining jews in Gamal comitted a mass-suicide by jumping into the ravine...
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 the Great was also buried at the Herodion.
EditorialLimestone ossuary, Roman-Jewish, 1st BCE-1st CE. The bones were collected after burial in the soil, when the flesh had decomposed. The chests were then placed in a burial chamber. Greek inscription says this chest contains the bones of the family of &q...