Israel
Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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- Israel archeology, Middle East - Judean desert, from Dead Sea to Jerusalem