Ehud Netzer was an Israeli architect, archaeologist and educator, known for his extensive excavations at Herodium, where in 2007 he found and identified the tomb of Herod the Great; and the discovery
View of lower part of Herodium with restored tower
Restorated sarcophagus of Herod the Great, Israel Museum
Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in
The Magi in the House of Herod. James Tissot, late 19th century
Herod's Temple as depicted on the Holyland Model of Jerusalem. The expansion of the Temple was Herod's most ambitious project.
Ruins of Caesarea's harbor
Distinctive Herodian masonry at the Western Wall in Jerusalem