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Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada
Sacrificing Truth Archaeology and the Myth of Masada
Author: Nachman Ben-Yehuda
According to a patriotic legend still current in Israel, in 73 C.E. 960 heroic Jewish rebels committed mass suicide at the fortress of Masada rather than surrender to the overwhelming force of their Roman oppressors. This version of what happened at Masada seemed to receive solid scientific validation when Professor Yigael Yadin excavated the an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781573929530
ISBN-10: 1573929530
Publication Date: 6/2002
Pages: 275
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Publisher: Humanity Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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