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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FORTRESS

Herodium: scale model of the fortress, showing main tower and inner apartments

 

A reconstruction of the buildings are Herodium

This reconstruction of Herodium's buildings shows

  • the two kinds of towers: look-out and defensive
  • massive building stones meant to intimidate and block an enemy
  • the two interior sections
  • the man-made hill on which it was built
  • the colonnaded courtyard in the left section
  • the synagogue at the rear of the right-hand section
  • bathrooms in the lower part of the right-hand section.

There is an aerial photograph of Herodium at 'PALACE, FORTRESS, TOMB'. Try matching up the different areas shown above with the ruins shown in the photograph.

 

 
 

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