View from above.
An official brochure/map of the Masada National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
"Masada (Hebrew מצדה, pronounced 
Metzada (help·info), from מצודה, metzuda, "fortress") is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea.
Metzada (help·info), from מצודה, metzuda, "fortress") is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. After the First Jewish-Roman War asiege of the fortress by troops of the Roman Empire led to the mass suicide of the Sicarii rebels. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Arad."
[MY NOTE: no, not the Arad from Romania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arad,_Romania ]
How about this?
"The Masada Myth |
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"By Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Department of Sociology and Anthropology Hebrew University, Jerusalem The expression "the Masada Myth 1" has become quite common among Israelis, and yet, the exact meaning of that expression is not entirely clear. In this short paper I shall try to describe the nature of the Masada myth, when it was created and why. "
In the above link, go to the other 8 pages, too, by clicking at the bottom.
I think every country, except maybe Burkina Faso, has some distorted legends, for propagandistic purposes.
[I picked Burkina Faso just because I like the way it sounds - supremely exotic :) ]
See the red clothes of the Roman soldiers, in the first image above?
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