Israeli archaeologists discover royal passageway to King Herod’s hilltop palace

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It probably would be enjoyable, if only it was safe all over the Middle East, to visit all the old relics which are being discovered all the times. They certainly tell us a lot about the historical past.

Israeli archaeologists discover royal passageway to King Herod’s hilltop palace


Robert Tait, The Telegraph | December 20, 2014 6:45 PM ET
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MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian children look towards the mountain fortress of Herodium, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 8, 2007.

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Ya'akov Sa'ar/GPO via Getty ImagesAn aerial view of the man-made hilltop fortress of Herodium near the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
JERUSALEM — Plans by King Herod, one of Jewish history’s most eminent yet reviled figures, to leave an elaborate memorial to himself have been discovered by Israeli archaeologists at a controversial site in the occupied West Bank.

A team of researchers from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University uncovered the evidence in the form of a monumental entry way at the Herodian Hilltop Palace, part of the Herodium National Park, southeast of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem.

It features a corridor 22 yards long and six and a half feet wide with a complex system of arches spanning its width on three different levels.

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It probably would be enjoyable, if only it was safe all over the Middle East, to visit all the old relics which are being discovered all the times. They certainly tell us a lot about the historical past.

Israeli archaeologists discover royal passageway to King Herod’s hilltop palace


Robert Tait, The Telegraph | December 20, 2014 6:45 PM ET
More from The Telegraph

MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian children look towards the mountain fortress of Herodium, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 8, 2007.

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Ya'akov Sa'ar/GPO via Getty ImagesAn aerial view of the man-made hilltop fortress of Herodium near the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
JERUSALEM — Plans by King Herod, one of Jewish history’s most eminent yet reviled figures, to leave an elaborate memorial to himself have been discovered by Israeli archaeologists at a controversial site in the occupied West Bank.

A team of researchers from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University uncovered the evidence in the form of a monumental entry way at the Herodian Hilltop Palace, part of the Herodium National Park, southeast of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem.

It features a corridor 22 yards long and six and a half feet wide with a complex system of arches spanning its width on three different levels.

Continue reading at:

Israeli archaeologists discover royal passageway to King Herod 8217 s hilltop palace National Post?

I read that the other day. Every week it seem there are new discoveries or more artifacts in the area. I find it all wonderful.

 

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Cool.