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Herodion (Ancient Gr****: Ἡρώδειον; Arabic: هيروديون; Hebrew: הרודיון),
Herodium (Latin), or
Jabal al-Fureidis (Arabic: جبل فريديس, lit. '"Mountain of the...
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fortress of
Herodium, West Bank, Palestine.
Herod the
Great commissioned a
lavish palace to be
built between 23 and 15 BCE atop
Herodium for all to see...
- the
third palace at Jericho, the
seaside palace at Caesarea, and the
Herodium near the desert's edge. Many of his
projects often combined multiple purposes...
- the
historical cir****stances of the
building of
Herodium, see:
Jonathan Bourgel & Roi Porat, "
Herodium as a
Reflection of Herod's
Policy in
Judea and Idumea...
- of the
Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE,
including in Magdala, Gamla, Masada,
Herodium, Modi‘in (Kh. Umm el-‘Umdan),
Qiryat Sepher (Kh. Bad ‘Issa), and Kh. Diab...
- architect,
archaeologist and educator,
known for his
extensive excavations at
Herodium,
where in 2007 he
found the tomb of
Herod the Great; and the discovery...
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strongholds in
which the
rebels continued holding out, at
Herodium, Machaerus, and Masada. Both
Herodium and
Machaerus fell to the
Roman army
within the next...
- not permanently, as he
owned other palace-fortresses,
notably at Masada,
Herodium and
Caesarea Maritima.
Nothing remains of the
Jerusalem Palace today except...
- Thamna, and Lydda, and Emmaus, and Pella, and Idumea, and Engaddi, and
Herodium, and Jericho; and
after them came
Jamnia and Joppa, as
presiding over the...
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aqueducts and pools, at a
flattened desert site,
halfway up the hill to the
Herodium, 12 km
south of Jerusalem—as
described in Josephus's writings. In October...
