Masada was Herod the Great's refuge and a stronghold for Jewish Zealots in the 1st Century A.D.
Some attractions within Masada Map:
- (1) East Gate (Snake Path Gate)
- (2) Casemate wall
- (3) Building
- (4) Quarry
- (5) Store-rooms
- (6) Store-rooms
- (7) Upper terrace of Northern Palace
- (8) Middle terrace of Northern terrace
- (9) Lower terrace of Northern Palace
- (12) North Gate (Water Gate)
- (13) Tower
- (15) Casemate wall
- (16) Tower
- (17) Byzantine structure
- (18) Monastic church (5th C.)
- (19) West Gate
- (20) Tower
- (21) Administrative offices of Western Palace
- (22) Store-rooms
- (23) Residential apartments of Western Palace
- (24) Small palace
- (25) Ritual bath
- (26) Small palace
- (27) Cistern
- (28) South Bastion
- (29) Underground cistern
- (30) South Gate (Cistern Gate)
- (31) Ritual bath
- (33) Small palace
- (34) House of Byzantine period
- (35) Zealot dwellings
- (36) Cistern
- (37) House of Byzantine period
- (38) Tower
- (39) Zealot dwellings
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