The Audience Chamber
Masada was a combined fortress and royal palace, and ruins are scattered all over the place. Above the chamber where Herod was supposed to receive audience seekers. On the wall to the back you see that the walls were plastered and made to look impressive as if they were made of giant blocks. This seems to have been the case all over the place inside and outside alike.
"Masada (מצדה metsada "fortress"[1]) is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad.
Herod the Great built palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people, the Sicarii rebels and their families hiding there.
Masada is one of Israel's most popular tourist attractions"(Wikipedia)
The Audience Chamber
Masada was a combined fortress and royal palace, and ruins are scattered all over the place. Above the chamber where Herod was supposed to receive audience seekers. On the wall to the back you see that the walls were plastered and made to look impressive as if they were made of giant blocks. This seems to have been the case all over the place inside and outside alike.
"Masada (מצדה metsada "fortress"[1]) is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad.
Herod the Great built palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people, the Sicarii rebels and their families hiding there.
Masada is one of Israel's most popular tourist attractions"(Wikipedia)