Tuesday, May 08, 2007

King Herod

Saw the story on the BBC website that it is believed that King Herod's tomb has been found (the one at the time of Jesus' birth). Apparently it's a complex site, which was damaged by jewish rebels around 70AD as he was viewed as a pro-Roman. However there seems to be enough there to indicate with certainty that it is his tomb.

Read more from the Hebrew Univerisity (in English!) here
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