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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8069532, member: 83845&quot;]Thank you [USER=111237]@Cachecoins[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you ACH! I am always honored when one of my threads gets featured.&nbsp; I also appreciate all of you who have commented and posted info / coins to the thread! You all are what makes CT fun and collecting even more fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In honor of the thread getting featured I figured I would add a few more photos of my trip to Masada.&nbsp; It is a truly fascinating place in a very forbidding but beautiful landscape.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399409[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one is actually not mine but I think it is worth posting because it gives such a good sense of place. Courtesy of <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Masada_(Israel)_02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Masada_(Israel)_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399410[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399412[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399411[/ATTACH]</p><p>This part of the complex served as the Synagogue.&nbsp; The defenders were all very pious practitioners of Judaism and required a space for readings.&nbsp; This is one of the oldest Synagogues ever found anywhere in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399413[/ATTACH]</p><p>Looking out from the vantage of the fortress you can see many Roman forts on all sides which must have been an incredibly intimidating sight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399414[/ATTACH]</p><p>Of course the fortress also allows for some of the most beautiful vistas in the world.&nbsp; This is the Dead Sea looking east.&nbsp; The hills on the other side of the sea are part of the country of Jordan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399415[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399418[/ATTACH]</p><p>It is also interesting to note as you walk through the fortress that it was built by Herod as a fortified pleasure palace with a lot of Roman architectural influence.&nbsp; In the top photo you can see the Roman style decoration and on the bottom a room outfitted with the Roman hypocaust heating system.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>Jerusalem Map</b></u></span></font></p><p>Also, I put together the below map as an addendum to my OP to show where the proposed sites of the silver and bronze mints were located in the city.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399430[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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