A concentration of ballista stones and other weapons at the site support the evidence furnished by Josephus in Jewish War, describing the battle at the Third Wall and the siege imposed by Titus on ...

“including co-directing the 1995 excavations in the Roman siege works at Masada.” In the preface to her new book, Jerusalem through the Ages, Magness asks and answers the obvious ...

came that eighth day of the month Gorpieus [Elul] upon Jerusalem; (408) a city that had been liable to so many miseries during the siege, that, had it always enjoyed as much happiness from its ...

Published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology ... year-old structure from the Bible in Jerusalem By examining the water ...

The Knights Hospitaller, defenders of the Holy Land and protector of pilgrims, were searching for a new home following the invasion of Jerusalem. The Holy Roman Emperor agreed to help, supplying ...