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Ancient battle divides Israel as Masada 'myth' unravels
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It was the most famous archaeological excavation of the century
after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. For years in the Sixties
archaeologists worked at Masada, the mountain fortress which towers
over the southern end of the Dead Sea, seeking evidence of the last
battle and mass suicide in AD73 of Jewish rebels against the Roman
empire.
The story of the last redoubt, of Jews fighting to the end
against the Roman legions, had instant appeal in Israel and abroad.
Soldiers of the Isra...
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Mahler at masada; A Concert Spectacle To Honor Israel's 40th
The Washington Post
; Israel put on the glitz Thursday night as Zubin Mehta conducted the Israel Philharmonic at the foot of the dramatic desert fortress of Masada. The Jewish state celebrated its 40th birthday in the shadow of the mountain, with Gregory Peck and Yves Montand as hosts and an array of guests including
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A millionaire's Masada
Jerusalem Post
; MICHAEL AJZENSTADT Jerusalem Post 01-16-1998 Growing up in Tel Aviv, Shuki Levy found himself on top of Masada in the obligatory high-school trip. "When I actually saw the site and realized that real people lived there, it made a great lasting impression on me." Levy, now a millionaire composer
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Historical Notes: Heroic myth of the `daggermen' of Masada
The Independent - London
; AS A teenager on a trip to Israel, I sat in the excavated synagogue in the 2,000-year-old mountain fortress of Masada and heard an inspiring story. A story of the brutal Roman suppression of a Jewish uprising here in the first century AD. Of a last brave group of rebels, the Zealots, who after
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39 found dead in Calif. home An apparent mass suicide; all were young men; no sign of survivors
The Boston Globe
; RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -- Authorities found at least 39 bodies yesterday in what they said was a mass suicide at a luxurious gated estate in this exclusive Southern California community. The victims, all white males aged 18-24, were lying on their backs on cots, mattresses and beds with their
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MASS SUICIDE : DEPUTIES DISCOVER AT LEAST 39 BODIES INSIDE MANSION NORTH OF SAN DIEGO.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Dana Calvo Associated Press The bodies of at least 39 young men in matching dark pants and tennis shoes were found Wednesday after an apparent mass suicide in a million-dollar mansion occupied by a quasi-religious group of computer programmers. The men, all white and about 18 to 24 years
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DESPONDENT WOMAN TRIES TO KILL HERSELF AFTER MASS SUICIDE.(NEWS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer An 18-year-old Canyon Country woman tried to kill herself ... that committed mass suicide,'' according to his report. An initial news report had 10 cult members being found dead. Later reports upped the ...
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Mass suicide attempt in jail
The Independent - London
; Mass suicide attempt in jail TWENTY-SIX jail inmates stabbed themselves in the stomach in an attempted mass suicide to protest at prison conditions in Kazakhstan. The attempted suicides, all with handmade knives, took place in Atyrau, 900 miles west of the capital, Astana, the Interior Ministry
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Tribe vows mass suicide to prevent oil drilling
Chicago Sun-Times
; LOS ANGELES An Indian tribe in Colombia has threatened to commit mass suicide by leaping from a cliff in an attempt to prevent oil drilling on what it claims is its territory. "This oil belongs to the land, it's part of it, and it can't be taken out," U'wa council chief Roberto Cobaria said as he
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Capturing a Beautiful Woman at Masada
Near Eastern Archaeology
; Mosoda represents for all of us in Israel and for many elsewhere, archaeologists and laymen, a symbol of courage, a monument to our great national figures, heroes who chose death over a life of physical and mortal serfdom -Yigael Yadin, Masada. Of the many important archaeological sites in Israel,
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Uganda reels from shock over cult's mass suicide.(News)
The Boston Herald
; Families of Ugandan cult members, reeling at the smell of still smoldering bodies gaped at the tangle of debris and charred remains yesterday inside a church where as many as 470 people committed mass suicide, local police said. In the second most deadly group suicide in recent history, members of
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