May 07 2007

Herod’s Tomb Found

Published by Hardy at 9:56 pm under Archeology

According to Haaretz.com (also here) and AP, King Herod's grave site was found at the Herodium (Google Map, description of the site with more photos) near Jerusalem by Hebrew University Professor Ehud Nezar:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Monday night that it has uncovered the grave and tomb of King Herod, who ruled Judea for the Roman empire from circa 37 BCE.

According to a press release from the Hebrew University, the news of the archeological find at Herodium was to be announced Tuesday morning at a special news conference, and was to be kept secret until then, but the discovery by Haaretz of the story had led to the premature announcement.

 

      (HT: Gath weblog via JW)

UPDATE:

Official Hebrew University Press Release

 

2 Responses to “Herod’s Tomb Found”

  1. # Scott Needhamon 17 May 2007 at 8:04 am

    Hi:

    I’m wondering where you are in terms of reestablishing functionality of the Hebrew text downloads and displays: I still get ????? where I used to get text. And I seem to have all of the fonts, with the exception of the BST package, which would not install.

    Regards and Happy Trails,

    Scott Needham
    Boulder, Colorado, USA

  2. # Hardyon 17 May 2007 at 8:49 am

    Because of the last update to the site, all the posts are displaying question marks instead of the square script. The good thing is that this is a problem with the site and not with your fonts; the bad thing is that I have to repost all the previous posts.

    I expect to begin the process next week and it should be completed by the first of the month (i.e. when my finals are completed). I also plan on continuing the Genesis posts over the summer months (June - August).

    Thanks for the inquiry and keep checking back. If you would like to have pdfs of the previous posts, feel free to email me and I will send them to you.

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