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- After many years of searching, the tomb of Herod the Great has been discovered on the northeastern slope of Mount Herodium, fifteen kilometers south of Jerusalem.
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In 1976, Netzer led a team that discovered the site of one of Herod's infamous misdeeds: the murder of his young brother-in-law, Aristobulus, whom Herod ordered to be drowned in a pool at his...
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Archaeologists discovered Herod’s tomb at a site called Herodium. Situated to the south of Jerusalem, the site overlooks Bethlehem on the border of Idumaea. During his reign, Herod oversaw a series of monumental constructions across his kingdom, from refurbishing the Second Temple at Jerusalem to the building of his palatial fortress on top of Masa...
Thanks to the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus, archaeologists and historians had known that Herod was buried at Herodium. But for a long time, they did not know exactly where in this huge man-made tumulus Herod’s tomb was. Enter Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Netzer conducted several exca...
The tomb itself was a tall, stone structure. It consisted of a square podium, topped by a circular ‘tholos’ structure. 18 ionic columns surrounded the podium, supporting a conical-shaped roof. So why did Herod decide to design his tomb in this manner? The influences appear to largely derive from some of the most prominent, monumental mausoleums tha...
According to Josephus, Herod decided to construct Herodium where he did because it marked the site of a military victory he had gained against the preceding Hasmoneans very early in his reign. But there might be another reason. The Hellenistic influences on Herod’s tomb design make it clear that Herod wished to portray himself as a divinised ruler,...
Such a claim by Herod through the placement (and design) of his tomb had evident pushback. At a later date, his tomb at Herodium was stormed and sacked. The massive stone sarcophagi within were smashed up, including a large, red sarcophagus that some argue belonged to King Herod himself. Indeed, the Gospel authors also vehemently contest any idea o...
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Oct 16, 2013 · In 2007 archaeologists announced they had found the great king's tomb, a surprisingly modest mausoleum that was part of the Herodium, a massive complex built by Herod on a cone-shaped hill in the...
4 min read. Though he died more than 2,000 years ago, the final resting place of Herod the Great, King of Judaea, should have been relatively easy to find. Most experts had narrowed the location of...
Mar 2, 2017 · The Israel Museum put together the exhibit Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey around the 25-mile procession from the throne room in Jericho to the tomb Netzer discovered in Herodium. This extremely popular exhibit guided visitors around the modest tomb of the megalomaniac ruler.
After many years of searching, the tomb of Herod the Great has been discovered on the northeastern slope of Mount Herodium, fifteen kilometers south of Jerusalem.
Was Herod’s Tomb Really Found? By Hershel Shanks. It was archaeologist Ehud Netzer’s final triumph—the discovery of the tomb of Herod the Great. To celebrate this accomplishment the Israel Museum mounted its most expensive and what turned out to be its most popular exhibit, Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey. a.
