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12-22-2014, 08:37 PM
Entrance to King Herod’s palace found
King Herod's mausoleum at Herodium
Bernat Armangue/AP
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00824/1d6ceb86-87b4-11e4-_824527c.jpg King Herod's mausoleum at Herodium Bernat Armangue/AP
Times Staff
Last updated at 12:10PM, December 21 2014
The dramatic entrance to King Herod’s 2,000-year-old palace has been discovered in Israel.
Archaeologists have found a colossal arched corridor leading to a magnificant entrance hall covered with frescoes during excavations at Herodium.
The hilltop fort, ten miles south of Jerusalem, was built to celebrate Herod’s victory over the Parthians from what is now northeastern Iran.
(Much more at the link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/archaeology/article4302885.ece?CMP=Spklr-124403522-Editorial-TWITTER-thetimes-20141220-World&linkId=11271724 )
King Herod's mausoleum at Herodium
Bernat Armangue/AP
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00824/1d6ceb86-87b4-11e4-_824527c.jpg King Herod's mausoleum at Herodium Bernat Armangue/AP
Times Staff
Last updated at 12:10PM, December 21 2014
The dramatic entrance to King Herod’s 2,000-year-old palace has been discovered in Israel.
Archaeologists have found a colossal arched corridor leading to a magnificant entrance hall covered with frescoes during excavations at Herodium.
The hilltop fort, ten miles south of Jerusalem, was built to celebrate Herod’s victory over the Parthians from what is now northeastern Iran.
(Much more at the link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/archaeology/article4302885.ece?CMP=Spklr-124403522-Editorial-TWITTER-thetimes-20141220-World&linkId=11271724 )