Editing Masada (section)

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File:Masada pillars - cmsmith nz.jpg|The Northern Palace's lower terrace (#39 on plan)
File:Masada mikve.JPG|Stepped pool interpreted by Yadin as a Herodian swimming pool, possibly used as a public ritual immersion bath ([[mikveh]]) by the rebels (#17 on plan)<ref name="OConnor">{{cite book |title=The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 |series=Oxford Archaeological Guides |author=Jerome Murphy-O'Connor |year=2008 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=385 |isbn=978-0-19-923666-4 |quote=... a small, deep, stepped pool with a triangular balcony. The niches for clothes led to its identification as a swimming pool. There are those who prefer to think of it as a ritual bath (mikveh); it may well have been used as such by the Zealots. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m3Yy9FDcT8gC&q=%22began+in+the+north+in+1537+and+continued+down+the+east+and+west+sides%22&pg=PT48 |access-date=12 August 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Yadin">{{cite book |title=Masada |author=Mikha Livne |author2=Ze'ev Meshel |year=1965 |location=Jerusalem |publisher=Direction des parcs nationaux |quote=Piscine hérodienne (Herodian swimming pool) |language=fr }}</ref>
File:Masada 051013 Chapel 01.jpg|Byzantine church (#26 on plan)
File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Masada (1).jpg|Aerial view showing Masada and the Snake Path from the northeast
File:Masada 051013 Gate 01.jpg|Masada's western Byzantine gate (#23 on plan)
File:Masada 051013 Camp F 01.jpg|Roman siege camp F and section of the Roman circumvallation wall
File:Israel Aereal Ropeway Masada BW 1 crop.JPG|Cable car ([[Masada cableway]]) heading down from Masada
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