Masada

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Masada is 1307 feet above the Dead Sea. It is 1950 feet long, 650 feet wide at its widest place, 4250 feet in circumference.
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Today, you can get to the top via cable car.
Fifteen long storerooms kept essential provisions for times of siege.
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It only rains a few inches each year, so to store what little rain that does fall, there are a series of massive underground storage chambers.
My tour guide, Moses
Herod had several private bathhouses built at Masada. The heavy floor was supported on 200 pillars. Outside the room, a furnace would send hot air under the floor, creating steam.
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The siege ramp the Romans built in 70 AD.

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