Herod the Great
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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
Herodian dynasty
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The Herodian dynasty was a royal dynasty of Idumaean descent, ruling the Herodian Kingdom of Judea and later the Herodian tetrarchy as a vassal state of the Roman Empire. The Herodian dynasty began wi
Prutah of Herod the Great
Arthur Szyk . Visual History of Nations, Israel , New Canaan, CT