The reason why the Masada ruins are world-famous is not only because of the long history, the dangerous terrain, the once magnificent palace, but also the spirit of Masada. The Jews wrote in a fearless spirit "I would rather be jade than broken." The touching story of "Wai Quan". In 70 AD, the Romans occupied Jerusalem and slaughtered the Jews, and the surviving Jews took their families and fled to Masada. After a long siege, the Romans finally broke the fortress, but they were greeted by a dead city—all the Jews in the fortress were dead, not by starvation, and the granaries still full, but by a Tragic death. In order to avoid being captured and humiliated, the 967 Jews on the mountain decided to commit suicide en masse, but this violated Jewish teachings. So they drew lots and decided that ten people would kill everyone first, then choose one of the ten to kill the other nine, and then the remaining person would commit suicide. Only the remaining dead person violated Jewish teachings. History written in blood, no one will forget. The Jews who have returned to their country will come to Masada when they enlist in the army, relive the history, and make an oath "MasadaShallNeverFallAgain!" which means: Masada will never fall again! The remains of the Masada site are well preserved and reconstructed to pay homage to the site and its former heroes. A particularly impressive building here is Herod's northern palace, built on three rock terraces overlooking the gorge below. Near the palace is a large Roman-style bathroom with colorful mosaic floors and frescoes on the walls. In addition, many other buildings of the site, such as the Western Palace, mikveh (Jewish ceremonial bath), storerooms, watchtowers, and synagogues are all related to the history of Masada, so it is also a well-known base for patriotic education in Israel.
Near the Dead Sea, there is a flat-rise rocky mountain. The eastern cliff of this rocky mountain is about 450 meters high, straight from the top of the mountain to the shore of the Dead Sea; the west cliff is more than 100 meters high. The rocky mountain is flat and roughly wedged; the north and south are about 600 meters long and the east and west are more than 300 meters wide. Above the top of the mountain, there are remnants of ancient palaces and castles, the ancient city of Masada, which has been more than 2,000 years old. The trail leading to the ancient city of Masada is extremely steep and is known as the “Snake Path.”
Masada is a Jewish holy site, one of the United Nations World Heritage Sites. It is located on a rocky hilltop at the junction of the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea Valley, about 25 kilometers north of EinGedi. The natural roads to Masada are extremely steep, most notably the Snake Path on the east side.
Masada National Park (Masada) is the palace castle of the Jewish king of the West Law, completely destroyed in the 1st century, the Jews have been scattered around the world, and now Masada has been reached as the place of the Jewish rite of passage and the New Army oath of the Order, "the spirit of Masada that never fell". It also becomes a common treasure for all mankind.
visit masada national park! it is in a desert and has so much religious signficance
Because of the heavy rain road landslide, the road from the Dead Sea to Masada was broken, and I could only go around the old road and take another line. Who knows that when I was surrounded by mountain roads, I was going to arrive alive and dead, but I was told that it was late and it was going to close. God doesn't love me. Later I learned that in fact, the sky is in love with me, if it is not a landslide detour, you can't walk the old road, if you don't walk the old road, you can't see the masada masada rocky mountain top, proud of the Judean desert and the Dead Sea valley. This is why Masada successfully resisted the siege of Rome for three years, and why the Masada residents who guarded the earth and the earth burned their palaces and houses and committed suicide. What kind of spirit, what kind of history. Seriously recommend Masada, if conditions permit, such as self-driving, there is time, must drive the old road, a long distance to see the Masada between the world.