Alright for a little back ground on the site we went a visited although my disclaimer is that I could never do the site and its history justice like the man who excavated the site did when he graciously gave us a tour that not only included the history of the site from text but the archaeological finds and what they proved as well as his feelings on the site.(see below picture)
Yodefat is the site where Josephus and the Jews tried to take a stand against the Romans. The area was set on top of a large steep hill/mountain and the Jews fortified their village at the top. To make a long story short the Romans did conquer and many were killed Josephus was taken prison and later became a historian in the roman courts and wrote, though some may dispute dramatically over the siege that happened at Yodefat. Yodefat was then destroyed by the Romans.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Yodefat%20-%20A%20Town%20in%20Galilee
This is where they stored their rain water because there is no rivers or springs for them to access
Fortifying wall
view of the area around yodefat
Jewish ritual bath carved out of stone.
um. that was cool.
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It's so nice that there are really smart people in the word who are smart enough to know what those old things are. If it were me, I'd look at it and be like, "what's this? a pit with a place to sit." Never would I think that it would be a Jewish ritual bath! Gotta love the people who know more than we do!
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