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From 37 BCE until his grisly demise in 4 BCE, Herod the Great ruled over Judea. World history has anointed few with the epithet “the Great.” He masterminded and engineered the Jerusalem Temple ...

Herod the Great ruled over Judea for 33 years and produced during that time a legacy of massive building projects that would transform the landscape of the ancient Land of Israel. In addition to ...

Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled not long before the time of Jesus, seems to have eluded historians once again. In 2007 archaeologists announced they had found the great king's tomb, a ...

Tradition today: Herod the ‘Great’? Indeed, judged on the basis of his bloody deeds, perhaps he should be called Herod the Terrible and not Herod the Great. By REUVEN HAMMER NOVEMBER 2, 2013 02:24 ...

In 2011, the museum used a crane to remove dozens of half-ton columns and the roof of what Netzer identified as the top floor of Herod's tomb, which he thought held his sarcophagus. Each stone was ...

Sourcing Herod the Great's calcite-alabaster bathtubs by a multi-analytic approach. Scientific Reports, 2022; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11651-5 ...

After 2,000 years of indignity and ignominy, Herod the Great finally has gotten his revenge. During their revolt against Roman rule over Judea between A.D. 66 and 72, Jews who remembered King ...

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E ...