Masada is 1307 feet above the Dead Sea. It is 1950 feet long, 650
feet wide at its widest place, 4250 feet in circumference.
Today, you can get to the top via cable car.
Fifteen long storerooms kept essential provisions for times of siege.
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 suspended on 200 pillars. Outside the room, a furnace
would send hot air under the floor, creating steam.
The siege ramp the Romans built in 70 AD.
