#1466
2015-02-17
Herod's Palaces and Hadrian Inscription
With Clyde Billington
Some of the stories from the news digests of the latest issue of ARTIFAX magazine, the Winter 2015 issue, just out: Items include the newly discovered monumental entrance at Herodium, the newly opened site of Herod’s palace in Jerusalem – where some say Jesus appeared before Pilate, and a commemorative Latin inscription to the Roman emperor Hadrian.
tags: Herodium Herod's palaces Kishle Pilate Hadrian Latin inscription.
#1461
2015-01-07
Biblical Archaeology Top Ten of 2014
With Todd Bolen
There was a dearth of sensational discoveries in 2014, and without a bunch of discovery announcements in December it would have been a very slim year of exciting discoveries. But we do have a list, which was picked up by Christianity Today. Tops on the list was the discovery of a new monumental entrance to Herodium, Herod’s fortress/palace in the desert near Bethlehem, an entrance that was apparently never used because Herod decided to close it up and build a mausoleum nearby instead. The second discovery on the list: a half-dozen bullae (clay seal impressions) found at a small site called Khirbet Summeily, on the Judahite/Philistine border. Item #3 is a scarab of Pharaoh Sheshonq, know in the Bible as Shishak.
tags: Herodium Sheshonq bullae
#1249
2010-10-17
With Co-host Keith Schoville
Archaeologist Ehud Netzer identifies Herod's box in Herodium theater
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#1159
2009-01-18
Herod's Tomb Excavation update
With Co-host Keith Schoville
New information about additional work done at Herodium
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#1089
2007-06-10
With Paul Meier
Herodium was just one of 7 of Herod's palace fortresses
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