Herod: The Bible's biggest villain
As archaeologists announce they have discovered Herod the Great's burial site, Eric Silver looks at the life of the Jewish king who killed three of his sons, executed one of his wives and ordered the massacre of the innocents
Published: 09 May 2007
Under a brain-numbing sun, the mountain gradually gave up its secrets to the archaeologists' trowels. A flight of stairs - part of the route of the elaborate funeral procession planned by the tyrannical ruler - leads to the very place where the notorious king of Judea was buried.
Yesterday, on the powdery grey flank of an artificial mountain overlooking the Arab villages and Jewish settlements scattered across the Judean Wilderness, Israeli scholars presented their answer to one of the great mysteries of biblical archaeology: the tomb of Herod the Great, a Roman client king who ruled the Jews with the ruthless paranoia of a Stalin or Saddam Hussein from 37BC until his death in 4BC.
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I guess this would hold some religious significance.
Have a good one!
Herod: The Bible's biggest villain
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Eric Silver looks at the life of the Jewish king who killed three of his sons
ok i was confused as fuck for awhile.... but i think i got it.... at first iwas thinking eric was looking at something that's over 2,000 years old that holds the body of the man that killed three of his (eric's) sons... but i'm guessing this dude killed three of his own sons?
