Reinforcing Josephus’ description of events, excavations offer a window into the stratagems of the ancient Jewish resistance.
The agoranomos.
Last seen in Jerusalem.
Julia Berenice.
Discovered thanks to 94-year-old aerial photographs.
Elaborate Roman-style tiles.
And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.
In the footsteps of a Jewish traitor-turned-historian.
For some time, Jews assumed it would be rebuilt imminently.
Not just zealots.
As do Jewish rebels’ arrowheads.
Gamla’s archaeological importance.
The lottery of the Vilna Gaon.