Ehud Netzer
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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
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View of lower part of Herodium with restored tower
Restorated sarcophagus of Herod the Great, Israel Museum
Herodian architecture
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Herodian architecture is a style of classical architecture characteristic of the numerous building projects undertaken during the reign of Herod the Great, who ruled Judaea as a client kingdom of the
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…Qelt Synagogue"). Netzer served as a professor at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was a world-renowned expert on Herodian architecture. Netzer worked at Masada with Yigael Yadin, and later completed the official excavation report for the site. He later led teams of archaeologists like…
The Enclosure of the Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron. This large rectangular enclosure around the famous caves is the only Herodian structure to survive fully intact.
Aerial view of the acropolis of Herodium
Detail of the distinctive pattern of Herodian stone-dressing as seen in the Western Wall Tunnel.
Model of Herod's Temple (renovation of the Second Temple) in the Israel Museum.