Inconsistencies in the archaeological evidence from the site of this event such as pig bones among human remains led to allegations of poor method in the work Sacrificing Truth by Nachman Ben-Yehuda.
Inconsistencies in the archaeological evidence from the site of this event such as pig bones among human remains led to allegations of poor method in the work Sacrificing Truth by Nachman Ben-Yehuda. Eleven ostraca, including one bearing the name of the defending commander, were found in that excavation led by Yigael Yadin. A massive earthen ramp was constructed by the victorious Romans under Flavius Silva at this siege, while the defenders where members of a group literally known as knifemen, the Sicarii. The only ancient source for this siege was written by Flavius Josephus, who reports the mass-suicide of the defenders under Eleazer ben Ya'ir, though it was only in modern sources that they were identified as Zealots. For 10 points, name this siege following the First Jewish War in which a Roman army captured a supposedly impenetrable mountaintop fortress in Judea.
Inconsistencies in the archaeological evidence from the site of this event such as pig bones among human remains led to allegations of poor method in the work Sacrificing Truth by Nachman Ben-Yehuda.
Siege of {Masada}