The tomb of the Biblical King Herod has been found, an archaeologist has claimed.
The tomb of the Biblical King Herod has been found, an archaeologist has claimed. Hebrew University expert Ehud Netzer said the tomb was discovered on a hilltop in the Judean Desert, where the tyrant monarch had built a palace compound. No skeletal remains were located at the Herodium site, near Jerusalem, but relics of a limestone sarcophagus - a type stone coffin - were found. Ehud, who had been working at the site since 1972, told reporters yesterday (08.05.07): ‘It’s a sarcophagus that we don’t just see anywhere. It is something very special.’ Stephen Pfann, an expert from the University of the Holy Land, concurred that the discovery was major, but advised further investigation was needed.
Though Herod was believed to be notably responsible for building ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, he also earned himself the reputation as one of the most cruel and vicious leaders in history. During his reign as king from 74BC to 4BC, Herod ordered the executions of numerous members of his family and was responsible for the ‘massacre of the innocents’ - when he called for all male infants and young children in Bethlehem to be executed, amid fears one of them, Jesus, was destined to inherit his crown.
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