Whatzit?

[Roy]

Here's a better hint and perspective on my latest Whatzit...vital to deducing...

Masada?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Here's a better hint and perspective on my latest Whatzit...vital to deducing...

Masada?

Clever man. Was seeing the ramp what confirmed your analysis, Roy?
I found the photo to be marvelous. I had pictured Masada in my mind, but was intrigued to see an actual aerial photo of it.
Thanks for your participation. Congratulations.

[Roy]

Was seeing the ramp what confirmed your analysis, Roy?

I wasn't sure it was the ramp. It looks like just so much salt.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Was seeing the ramp what confirmed your analysis, Roy?

I wasn't sure it was the ramp. It looks like just so much salt.

My theory is that is the ramp the Romans laboriously and relentlessly built to get at the Jewish population taking refuge there on the top.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Was seeing the ramp what confirmed your analysis, Roy?

I wasn't sure it was the ramp. It looks like just so much salt.

My theory is that is the ramp the Romans laboriously and relentlessly built to get at the Jewish population taking refuge there on the top.

Or it's the one from the tourism bureau....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Totally, like, humorous.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:mrgreen: Totally, like, humorous.

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

:mrgreen: Totally, like, humorous.

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

An intelligent question. All I know is the ramp was constructed by the Romans to access the top. Perhaps, tourists, nowadays, use it, still? Google Masada and , if I recall correctly, you'll see there are lodgings, etc. available for visitors to the area.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:mrgreen: Totally, like, humorous.

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

An intelligent question. All I know is the ramp was constructed by the Romans to access the top. Perhaps, tourists, nowadays, use it, still? Google Masada and , if I recall correctly, you'll see there are lodgings, etc. available for visitors to the area.
Murph

Exactly. Now how did the people that were up there get up there prior to the Romans building a ramp?

[robert.]

Simple.See the left hand side of the photo? They used that road

[HONDO74]

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

They have a tram for the tourist. They can't expect a bunch of fat A$$ people to walk up there.

[webenda]

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

They have a tram for the tourist. They can't expect a bunch of fat A$$ people to walk up there.

Naw, save money and take the trail (just below the tram.) The tram ride up costs 57 Shekels = 13.33 Dollars but the trail only costs 29 Shekels = 7.80 Dollars. Better yet, unlike the tram, taking the trail down is free (the tram ride down costs 76 Shekels = 20.44 Dollars.)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It was half in jest but so how do tourists get there then...........

An intelligent question. All I know is the ramp was constructed by the Romans to access the top. Perhaps, tourists, nowadays, use it, still? Google Masada and , if I recall correctly, you'll see there are lodgings, etc. available for visitors to the area.
Murph

Exactly. Now how did the people that were up there get up there prior to the Romans building a ramp?

I've always wondered that,too. I assumed they just scrambled up the hillsides from time to time and utilized that roadway Robert mentioned, . Also, they must have been clever stonemasons, etc. because they had to have built those structures from stone, I imagine, since they seem to be still standing, not cutting or buying the stone elsewhere and dragging it up the hillsides. I believe the residents were known for their intelligence and ingenuity. However, apparently, they underestimated the determination and ingenuity of the Romans.

[Roy]

I presume you guys know that Herod the Great built up Masada, at the same time he was building up the rest of Israel's defenses.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I presume you guys know that Herod the Great built up Masada, at the same time he was building up the rest of Israel's defenses.

For me, good to be reminded of that history. Thanx.