What Really Happened At Masada? - The Naked Archaeologist 119 - Masada

[@cnpf312]

I love this series! Simcha’s sense of humor comes from where you least expect it. I really like this approach to never stop questioning. I really hope this show is still on.

[@htos1av]

This was a great epi, sir. I LOVED the way you ended with all of us in a common goal, bond, and objective! The overriding one being freedom.

[@barbaraolson600]

Wow, thank all of you again! Awesome information and video.

[@essaysbyken]

This is a great overview look at Masada. Though this is the case, I'm not sure why he insists on the possibility of Christians being at the site. Sure, it's possible, but without any evidence at all, you could also say there's a chance that it was also inhabited by...well...anyone.

[@kevikella221]

Good point!

[@satlaren]

Maybe because of the Nazrene scroll and mass suicide after Passover. Like Tabor said, it is very chilling. Hope the scroll is not lost and it shows up in the future.

[@drpsionic]

The important thing to remember is that for the Romans Masada was just Hill 34. It was merely an engineering problem.

[@vic38290]

A very interesting find.

[@MLA56]

I'm a Christian. But have a Master's degree in Theology, Ph.D. in History and post-doctoral work in Archaeology. That background is part of the reason I've always loved this series. BUT. Even though I'm a Christian, I don't see Christianity as completely distinct from Judaism. For the first few hundred years, Christianity was a Jewish sect, not a different religion. Christians are the theological (and for many of us somewhere back 1000-2000 years) biological descendants of Judaism and/ or the Jewish people.. Just like within Christian denominations, I urge everyone to look at our similarities rather than focusing on our differences. This also applies to Islam, which is also a "religion of the book." The world would be a far better place if we did so.

[@fernanditaluiz2591]

@Memphis Mark I agree with you. However, if you have read the Quran, you'd understand that they do not have the same beliefs as Christians and Jews. The Quran is a twisted version of the Bible. They can NEVER be the same.

[@TheBadSeed3094]

I agree but if you don't follow the God of Abraham or the God of David (same God) then you're following a false god.

[@maxinericheson4537]

Are you suggesting we should be a OWR?

[@maxinericheson4537]

Are you suggesting we should become a NWR?

[@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV]

Not trying to be a jerk but factually if Christianity and Judaism really are more similar than meets the eye then why aren't all Jews now Christians or vice versa? Simply because they are extremely different. Yes, there are definite similarities but there are far more differences. Paul the Apostle made sure of this. A Christian once told me that the Christian Testament is just as important as the Torah and just as good. When I first read the Christian Testament...from a Jewish perspective, it doesn't even come close to Torah. The Christian Testament reads like a smut magazine compared.

[@rocketman48]

love it great history and ive been to masada and my son.

[@lillyofthevally6307]

Thank you

[@lillyofthevally6307]

Love this

[@a_new_life_41]

Can anyone ID the background music (band or group) at 3:00? Sounds super fun!

[@saudade369]

I read that there was a militant ,named John the Essene who led rebels and if I remember was also at Masada? The Essenes have been shown to have strong commonalities with the early Jude's Christians and possbly were one and the same people . So it is very possible even probable that early Christians fought at Masada and elsewhere against Rome.

[@Nudnik1]

Went up there in 2012 awesome place. Three mikvah s up there.

[@itarry4]

Literally 7 episodes ago "absence of evidence isn't evidence" this episode he uses the opposite logic. Basically he'll twist with the wind to prove his belief true.

[@KowboyUSA]

_The enemy of my enemy is my friend._

[@dennisdedios]

I been enlightend again thank you may I ask who is the leader of the SACARII anyone?

[@whidoineedthis]

Bless you

[@nickdixon8115]

There is alot of archaeological artifacts that are on the black market on all ends We need to retrieve all of em for the sake of history

[@mattnewhouse1781]

As long as you have rich people, they will buy things. End inequality, you end plundering of a nations heritage.

[@cleverfitz779]

Good evening everyone

[@thelmaparker7888]

Ive been there!

[@raydavison4288]

Rather than put themselves through the trauma of killing each other, why didn't the defenders of Masada leap from the ramparts? It would have saved them a lot of grief & really freaked out the Romans.

[@jjpmcc]

Same story told of another complex? Had a baker, where did wheat grow? Where did they get water in drought?

[@rickmozingo6047]

i know this is 20 yrs old but current archeolgy has taken on new theory`s meaning what they thought was wrong

[@marketingIdeaslol]

Simcha is really entertaining. Simcha is also full of it with most of the stuff he talks about. You can’t say “well you prove to me they weren’t there” that’s not how evidence works you can’t prove or disprove something that didn’t happen

[@hampshirepiano6383]

You suggest that someone else should be able to prove a negative to you. How?

[@jaredadams6917]

Un lesss the fires were not hot enough to destroy bone ? Its not like they had a furnace they had a village fire at most? If anything u need to be excavating the sides and summit of the mountain i bet they wouldn't waste the city with fire. Tell me where they got the wood for funeral pyres. Also why give your enemies a funeral? They chucked the bodies over the edge plain and simple

[@TheBadSeed3094]

Sounds like end times prophecy similarities.

[@ONCESAVEDALWAYSSAVED123]

Anyone that believed in Christ would not have went to Masada.They along with others would go to Wilderness of Judea as Christ had warned them when he spoke of 70 AD before he ascended.,Even the week before Vespasinns Son attacked Jerusalem..They remembered to flee to wilderness as it says in Rev 12

[@davidcoleman2463]

I remember watching this guy as a kid. It was all interesting and I thank him . To bad now we know most of this is bull shit . Is he still alive ?

[@wisdomeducationieltscentre7688]

;-( such a sacrifice

[@lukegehring8331]

A lot of speculation, little evidence.

[@nickisnyder3450]

what is the difference between a Jew & a Jesus follower you ask? Then you state...one was waiting for the Messiah to come & the other was waiting for Him to come back. There is another big difference. One is following the Talmud & Jesus followers obey only the law God gave Moses & the prophets. Jesus railed against the man made laws that Pharisees made up often negating the law of God for their own personal political power.

[@nickdixon8115]

Not to get too religious but in about 13 years roughly in armageddon I'll b happy /that americans british israelis and russians are fighting along side us

[@mattnewhouse1781]

If you are happy at the thought of war, why have in armageddon? Your home city isnt good enough for millioms to die in? Im sure it is also good for death. Families every where can die, eh? Beautiful thought for you? I have a feeling you are christian? Good thing this virus doesnt know borders.

[@angelrod4424]

How many body's they found ???? 1000 was not found .

[@karinschultz5409]

Need to revise your information on Masada. Jonathan Roth of San Jose State University, California stated that the siege lasted at most two months, not years, based on the length of time it took the 10th legion to build the ramp.

[@rickmozingo6047]

josephes was their go to historian but he`s wrong too now gimme a break

[@nickdixon8115]

That much? Can I have 17 talents? Lol

[@nickdixon8115]

See rome was beast 6 (rev 17) Everything every antichrist has in common through history is they will persecute both Christians and jews

[@gairmac33]

Its a fun video and all, but you really need some better people behind the camera. There's moments it looks like you have 6 year olds back there. And please, let the experts speak without you insisting on your theories. It all usually comes down to "maybe yes, maybe no". All that said, I still find your videos fascinating... Haaa!

[@robertalpy9422]

To equate Jesus to the Sicarii is disgusting. Jesus helped the slave boy of the Roman and St.Peter baptized a Roman centurion and his family not including the romans in Rome that he baptized. Jesus wanted to incorporate Rome and defeat her that way not by bloodshed. It's disgusting that he says he feels for terrorists. Jesus refused to join with the sicarii or the zealots.

[@Nudnik1]

In Judaism the " Moschiah" is not to die as a pagan human sacrifice for sins of the world nor be Divine nor replaced Torah laws.. He must be from King David paternal line and fulfill Isaiah 2 and 12 as well as Ezekiel 37. No second coming. Ask any Orthodox Rabbi.

[@zachpatterson434]

Isiah 53 Psalm 2 Psalm 110 Genesis 3:15 Daniel 7. I think you should take a look at the full picture of the Messiah. Jesus fulfilled over 300 OT prophecies and will fulfill the remaining in His second coming. There is overwhelming evidence that He was and is the Anointed one. Not to mention it was widespread interpretation that Messiah would be divine. The idea that He wasn’t to be divine and the scriptures were never interpreted that way is inaccurate. Jesus is the full and satisfying payment for the forgiveness of sins. Believe and live!

[@Nudnik1]

@@zachpatterson434 Not in original orthodox tanakh in context.. Not one of those passages you posted eludes to a " man god idol trinity human sacrifice for world sins to replace Judaism" is found anywhere in hebrew scripture . You are quoting from a xtian mistranslation out of context typical of missionaries . Rabbi Tovia Singer exposes all these passages as frauds out of context. Read all of Isaiah and those passages in context from a hebrew bible .. שלום

[@zachpatterson434]

@@Nudnik1 Daniel chapter 9 is a time sensitive prediction. If Jesus of Nazareth wasn’t the Messiah, no one is. Also…Psalm 2 is even stronger in the original Hebrew. Also it was not an uncommon interpretation that Messiah would be divine during temple Judaism.

[@Nudnik1]

@@zachpatterson434Daniel 9 another mistranslation by church fuzzy math used. Isaiah53,Isaiah7:14,9:5-7,Jeremiah31 ,Psalm 2 all missionary favorite lies and distortions quoted from their versions being english kjv european xtian "old testament" which was modified by early church to endorse xtianity .. Maybe read original Daniel in Hebrew and Aramaic in context..

[@Nudnik1]

@@zachpatterson434 Moschiah is a mortal man not divine and fulfils Isaiah 2 and 11 Ezekiel 36-37 the first time he comes.. No second coming.. The idea of "the moschiach " comes from Talmud not in Torah and is about the "era" not about a dying human sacrifice or saving man god trinity idolatry and a new greek bible that replaces Torah laws.. Kinda kooky to infer that.

[@maxinericheson4537]

They are Kosher!

[@beanclay4154]

Wonder how many know these videos were on History International channel, before it became just another A&E clone

[@rickmozingo6047]

yup ,so im supposed to believe romans built a ramp with no jewish archers ok ?? not smelling what u selling

[@PrestigeNumismatics]

So if the Messiah is sent by God to free the people, Jesus was a pretty poor Messiah.

[@whidoineedthis]

The jewelry are free

[@deivisj3465]

BS

[@davidnoone3254]

Jews were in Central Bank racket then also.

[@paulredinger5830]

The Romans were using the temple as a bank, not the Jews. History is told by the WINNERS, not the losers. Germany invaded 1 nation (along with Russia, Poland) in 1939 and are accused of stating WWII. Yet Japan invaded China in 1937, and in 1941 and 1942 invaded or attacked over 20 NATIONS! WWII didn’t end until Japan surrendered in 1945, and that’s when our history books state WWII ended. Yet Germany is charged with starting the war? Ever heard of the Japanese military unit in China that was call unit 731? They did everything the Germans did plus some. Ever wonder why? The top German commanders were charged with war crimes. Yet what they were charged for our commanders did the same things. Like fire bombing of Tokyo, Dresden, Hamburg and countless other cities of the axis forces. That’s only one example you can look for yourselves. But understand the VICTORS write history. Always have always will. What real right did America and others have to invade Iraq, (the second time to eliminate Saddam) Panama, or Grenada. (I was involved with the last two, Ranger) These guys were bad and killed there own people? What about every leader of nations that do the same thing? We haven’t invaded them?

[@lillyofthevally6307]

Thank you