I know...nothing can be as boring as having to sit through someone elses vacation pictures! But I have selected a few that may be of interest to the good people of SVR.
The main Roman camp at Masada. General Silva's HQ was here. Sadly, we could not go into the camp itself.
Looking down on the Roman seige ramp at Masada. Taken from the breach point where the battering ram broke through!
Projectiles from the Masada siege. Most likely Jewish rebels ammo.
Roman theater at Bet Shean. The Trial from Jesus Christ Superstar was filmed here. On the hill in the background Judas {Carl Anderson} hanged himself. The tree is still there. That hill is actually a 'Tel', or a series of about twenty levels of civilization going back to the Bronze Age.
Detail of theater
This one is for Draco. Temple of Dionysis, Bet Shean.
Praetorium, Caesarea Maritima
The "Pilate Inscription", Caesarea. Pilate apparently dedicated a building in Caesarea. We don't know what it was. This is a facsimile. The original inscription is in a museum.
Small side chamber in the Praetorium. The sign says it is very possible that this was the place where Paul had his hearing before Porcius Festus. "You have appealed to Caersar. To Caesar shall you go!"
The Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus was arrested somewhere near here. Possibly on this spot? All trees on the Mt of Olives were cut down during the Roman seige. But olive trees put out shoots and grow again. These trees are likely descendents of the trees from Jesus' day.
These steps going up the Mt of Olives in Jerusalem were there in the first century. Jesus would have walked here, as would Roman soldiers of the 10th Legion. The 10th legion was camped on the Mt of Olives during the siege of 70. Naturally, I walked up the whole flight!