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The jaw-dropping ancient hill fortress of Masada in Israel is an awe-inspiring place to visit. Situated on a towering plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, the fortress was built between 37 and 31 BC as a stronghold for Herod the Great, and it was later occupied by Jewish rebels resisting Roman rule.
But even …