Herod, the greatest constructor from history, besides Massada, Jericho, Cesarea, Kypros and the Temple of Jerusalem, have constructed equally a fortification on the deserts limit over a semi-artificial hill ( 91 meters tall) with an altitude of 758 meters resembling a volcano.

Used later during the Great Revolt against the Romans in 70-73 and one led by Bar Kokhba in 132-135. Worth to visit the labyrinth of under ground passages dug by the Jews during the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135).

Recently, Ehud Netzer, an archeologist who has devoted his life to know that period died following an accident at the scene of his research after having found Herod's tomb he has been searching for 30 years!.