Monday, December 22, 2014

Archaeologists Have Discovered an Entry Way to King Herod’s Palace

Researchers in the West Bank have unearthed a massive, multi-level corridor that served as an entry to the Herodian Hilltop Palace 2,000 years ago. From The National Post:
Three Hebrew University archaeologists concluded that Herod — best remembered for ordering the murder of the baby boys of Bethlehem in the Bible’s Nativity account — had the corridor filled in as part of his plan to turn Herodium into a volcano-shaped hill that was to commemorate him after his death.

Read more at: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/slices/archaeologists-have-discovered-entry-way-king-herods-palace#8bY16p669fuTY0h9.99