 Model: Bottom two terraces of King Herod’s Northern Palace. The lowest terrace here is shown in the previous photo
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 Floor mosaic in King Herod’s Western Palace (30 b.c.e.): Mosaics of pomegranates, fig leaves & geometrical pattern of circles.
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 Columbarium on Mosada: Pigeons (doves) roosted in the wall niches. Pigeons used as food & their droppings used as fertilizer.
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 Masada
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