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Masada
Masada
(
Modern Hebrew
מצדה
metzadá
"fortress") is an ancient
fortification
in the
Southern District
of
Israel
situated on top of an isolated rock
plateau
, akin to a
mesa
, on the eastern edge of the
Judaean Desert
, overlooking the
Dead Sea
east of
Arad
.
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