Archaeologist Uncovers Tombs Of King Herod And Family

Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer announced on Wednesday he had unearthed the 2,000-year-old remains of two sarcophagi, in which the wife and daughter-in-law of biblical King Herod had been laid to rest.

Herod, a Roman-anointed king who ruled Judea from 37 BC until his death in 4 BC, holds a special place in Jewish history as the builder of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
While the site is technically location in the West Bank, the discovery once again proves the indisputable historical Jewish connection to the entire land of Israel. 11/23/08

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Israel
• infolive.tv
• jerusalem
• archaeology
• herod
• temple
• news
• idf
• Palestine
• terror
• Lebanon
• iran
• Syria
• hamas
• hezbollah
• mossad
• nuclear
• katusha
• rockets
• army

[parafleet]

I had a strange dream last night. I saw this: Roman soldiers were marching. A woman with her face covered was speaking in a purely informational way about how the Romans were traveling about. But I understood it in my head to mean that she was giving clues as to where and how they could be trapped. Then..King Herod's men secretly enveloped the Romans in a Cannae-like movement. That's when I awoke..after I'd had the understanding that the Romans had been beaten..

[EndOfNumbers]

Like I said, he is called great for the things he did, great doesn't mean good or that he was charming. Like Alexsander the great, He wasn't great either, the guy was basicly a jerk, but they called him great to my opinion because his wars were great.

[2skullscrushing]

@EndOfNumbers not really, it was mostly for one thing. that was rebuilding the temple. the jews under his rule, in the time of his reign , made the exception to label him great, because that one thing he did on their behalf. according to joshephus, he was hated by everyone, and not a jew. And only a puppet king who buildt a lot because he was an insecure vile paranoid wretch, only interested in prolonging his reign, with no interest in judaism or jewish law.Which was everything to the jews then.

[EndOfNumbers]

@Marduniya Great doesn't mean good, like how I posted before. Herod did alot of things great in number, not good as per say. Look up the word, it is key to understanding.

[EndOfNumbers]

@2skullscrushing Great doesn't mean good. It can also mean large in size. He was called great because he did alot of things, not that he was a good person.

[2skullscrushing]

he was so great, that his tomb only had himself and two others, because he simply murdered all of the rest of his family. what a great guy.

[andrewa312]

@mewoone EXACTLY!! Couldn't have said it better!

[Marduniya]

Ridiculous how he is titled "the Great".

[mewoone]

mmmmmmm, the last sentence was priceless!! Harod is not true Banu Israel but was adomni with Nabteen mother which made him Arabic not jew

[Mnezami]

all Roman and none Jewish, fake fake fake