Several articles this week are related to King Herod and the new exhibit at the Israel Museum. With a lengthy list for tomorrow’s roundup, I thought a separate post might be worthwhile.
Herodium, home of the most reviled monarch in Judea – Miriam Feinberg Vamosh writes about Herod’s fortress in a free article in Haaretz.
A King on Exhibition: Herod is Ready for His Close-Up – Karl Vick gives some background on the new exhibit in Time. There are errors.
In Search of Herod’s Tomb – This article by the Herodium’s excavator, Ehud Netzer, was published posthumously in Biblical Archaeology Review.
Herod the Great—The King’s Final Journey – Suzanne F. Singer describes the museum exhibit in the current issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. A slideshow is included.
Over the years, I’ve written about sites important to King Herod, including Masada, Herodium, Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Philippi, and Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. See also King Herod: Ten
Things You Didn’t Know.
HT: Jack Sasson
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I've written a number of blog posts about the Herod the Great exhibit and put up additional photos on Pinterest for those who are interested:
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=302801
http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/herodium-netzer-king-herod-israel-museum/
http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/herod-design-realpolitik/ (with link to NY Times article)
http://pinterest.com/iguide/herod-exhibit-israel-museum/