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Herod the Great's Tomb
 
Herod's Tomb
Not much remains of Herod’s tomb along the circular staircase up the conical mountain fortress of Herodion, vandalized during the First Jewish Revolt. Was Herod buried here?
 
 
 
 
Bibliography
 
Jacobson, David M.  "Has Herod's Place of Burial Been Found?"  Palestine Exploration Quarterly 139:3 (2007) 147-8.
 
Magness, Jodi.  "The Mausolea of Augustus, Alexander, and Herod the Great."  In Hesed ve-emet: Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs (ed. Jodi Magness and Seymour Gitin; Brown Judaic Studies 320; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998) 313-29.
 
--------.  "Where Is Herod's Tomb at Herodium?"  Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 322 (2001) 43-6.
 
Netzer, Ehud.  "Herod's Family Tomb in Jerusalem."  Biblical Archaeology Review 9:3 (1983) 52-9.
 
--------.  "Searching for Herod's Tomb."  Biblical Archaeology Review 9:3 (1983) 30-51.
 
 
Further Background on Herod
 
Netzer, Ehud.  The Architecture of Herod the Great Builder.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2008.
 
Vermes, Geza.  The True Herod.  New York: T&T Clark, 2014.
 
 
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