Commandant's residence at Masada; 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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Commandant's residence at Masada; 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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