RE: The Myth of Masada
March 14, 2013 at 2:18 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2013 at 3:08 am by EGross.)
But I will admit that a group of them probably did escape jerusalem, fled to the hills, got caught and killed. But most likely, that was it. But like the original Little Red Riding Hood story that has "...the better to eat you with my dear. And the wolf ate the girl. The end." - it's not as cool of a story. If you are the narcisissic Emperor, you might want a script with a lot more "oomph".
If you go to Masada, there isn't a single tree for miles. It is still one of the reasons that 99.99% of all homes in Israel are stone. The only trees in that desert area are the ones planted by the gift shop. Italy is another matter. They probably did some burning in the more tree-friendly places if it is recorded that Romans did creamations.
Here is a nice helicopter shot of the place:
![[Image: Masada-aerial-from-northwest,-tb01070330...places.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bibleplaces.com%2Fimages12%2FMasada-aerial-from-northwest%2C-tb010703306-bibleplaces.jpg)
(March 14, 2013 at 2:15 am)Chuck Wrote: It seems unlikely that the Romans would have bothered to find the wood to burn hundreds of corpses to the point where no large bone fragments remains, nor such a cremation pile would have left no trace.
If you go to Masada, there isn't a single tree for miles. It is still one of the reasons that 99.99% of all homes in Israel are stone. The only trees in that desert area are the ones planted by the gift shop. Italy is another matter. They probably did some burning in the more tree-friendly places if it is recorded that Romans did creamations.
Here is a nice helicopter shot of the place:
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