Nation and World News » Was King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story Friday, December 15, 2023 12:05 am ...

King Herod died in 4 BCE at his lavish Winter Palace in Jericho. His funeral procession set out from there for Herodium, on the fringe of the Judean Desert, where he was to be buried. Over time ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Photo (c) T. Book, 2022 Nevertheless, despite all this construction, in the words of Hyam Maccoby, Herod failed completely to reconcile the Jewish people to the membership of the Roman Empire.

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 ...

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

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 ...

More 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 ...

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 ...