Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Herod Tomb - Pictures

Hebrew University archaeology professor Ehud Netzer holds a piece of the limestone sarcophagus believed to belong to King Herod during a news conference where he presents the findings of what researchers say is King Herod's tomb, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tuesday, May 8, 2007 as an aerial view of Mt Herodium is projected. Netzer who has been working at the site since 1972 has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of Jerusalem, the Hebrew University announced.





This undated photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, shows an aerial view of the the hilltop compound of Herodium near the west Bank town of Hebron. An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of the city, the Hebrew University announced.


An ariel view of the Herodium archaeological site, a mesa rising more than 750 meters (2,475 feet) above sea level some 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) south of Jerusalem in the West Bank. An Israeli archaeologist has said that the tomb of King Herod, famed for expanding the Jewish second temple during his reign in the first century BC, had been discovered in the occupied West Bank

The ruins of the fortress of Masada in the Judean desert constructed by King Herod. Israeli archaeologists were due to announce on Tuesday that they have discovered the tomb of King Herod, famed for expanding the Jewish second temple during his reign in first century BC, in the occupied West Bank












Pillars are seen at the site of the mountain fortress of Herodium, where Israeli archaeologists say they have found King Herod's tomb near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of the city, the Hebrew University announced.
This undated photo made available by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, shows an illustrated side view of of what Israeli archaeologists say is King Herod's sarcophagus, incorporating stone elements of the sarcophagus which were discovered at the site near the West Bank town of Hebron. An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of the city, the Hebrew University announced.






Israeli soldiers are seen near the podium, or base, of what Israeli archaeologists say is King Herod's tomb, at the mountain fortress of Herodium, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of the city, the Hebrew University announced.
A videographer films the recently discovered burial site of King Herod, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, May 8, 2007





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