View from Masada to the Dead Sea; Israel. Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau on the edge of the Judean Desert; overlooking the Dead Sea. Herod the Great built Palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE.

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View from Masada to the Dead Sea; Israel. Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau on the edge of the Judean Desert; overlooking the Dead Sea. Herod the Great built Palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE.

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