King Herod, who lived from 74 B.C. to 4 B.C., was a vassal king for the Romans. Known as both a genius and a madman, he executed many of his family members but doted on his mother and father.

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

Netzer said that since finding fragments of one ornately carved sarcophagus in 2007, he and his team have found two more, suggesting that the monumental tomb may have been a royal family vault.

King Herod, who lived from 74 B.C. to 4 B.C., was a vassal king for the Romans. Known as both a genius and a madman, he executed many of his family members but doted on his mother and father.

A 2,000-year-old burial cave in Israel is continuing to stir debate. Who exactly was buried here? Was it one of Jesus’ female ...

King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The scientists found such ...

Herod I: The controversial king who transformed the Holy Land. Villain of the Christmas story, King Herod realized a bold new vision of a Roman Judaea.

Mariamne, King Herod’s Wife whom he Kept in Honey for Seven Years after Ordering her Death by Jorge Álvarez February 29, 2024 February 29, ... importantly for the issue of legitimacy, the niece of ...

Although Herod was deeply in love with her, the union proved disastrous for Mariamme and her family. He executed Hyrcanus, who was not only her grandfather, but a former high priest and mentor.

The Roman Emperor Augustus had given Herod the title “King of the Judaeans,” even though he wasn’t fully Jewish. The Romans liked to give the appearance of civilized rule by getting local ...