LECTURES & LITERATURE

    "Great Battles" Evening Lecture: The Siege and Fall of Masada

    "Great Battles" Evening Lecture: The Siege and Fall of Masada

    Presented by Penn Museum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    March 6, 2013


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    In the 1st century BCE, King Herod the Great fortified the mountain of Masada, located near the southwest shore of the Dead Sea. Seventy years after Herod's death, Jewish rebels occupied Masada during the First Jewish Revolt against the Romans, holding out even after the fall of Jerusalem. In this illustrated lecture, Dr. Jodi Magness, Professor of Religious Studies, UNC Chapel Hill, examines the archaeological and literary evidence for the Roman siege of Masada, including information from the 1995 excavations that she co-directed.


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      • Venue Info

        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $5 with advance registration; $10 at the door, based on availability

        Info Phone: (215) 898-2680

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 6, 2013

        Times:

        6:00pm

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