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Herod

One of Herod’s many architectural achievements.

Biblical Archaeological Society
July 22 2020 12:01AM

His ancestry was questionable, but he may have kept kosher.

Evie Gassner
Nov. 1 2019 12:01AM

Discovered thanks to 94-year-old aerial photographs.

Robin Ngo
Aug. 27 2018 12:01AM

Elaborate Roman-style tiles.

Frankie Snyder, Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira
Aug. 8 2018 12:01AM

Piecing together the fragments.

Nir Hasson
Dec. 6 2017 12:01AM

At the instigation of a 16th-century sultan.

F.M. Loewenberg
Sept. 5 2017 12:01AM

A unique artifact.

Ilan Ben Zion
April 27 2017 12:01AM

Herod’s ambivalent relationship with Judaism.

Antonio Piñero
Dec. 19 2016 12:01AM

Fancier than mosaics.

Ilan Ben Zion
Sept. 8 2016 12:01AM

Herodian-era luxury.

Philippe Bohstrom
July 20 2016 12:01AM

Was the Second Temple only for Jews?

Ilan Ben Zion
Oct. 23 2015 12:01AM

Herod the trendsetter?

Orit Peleg-Barkat
May 11 2015 12:01AM

Reviled by Jews and Christians alike, Herod was one of the world’s great builders.

David Laskin
April 8 2015 12:01AM

Archaeologists have discovered a grand entryway, consisting of a series of massive arches, at King Herod’s hilltop fortress of Herodium in the Judean desert. And. . .

Tamar Pileggi
Dec. 23 2014 12:01AM