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Image by Jean-Claude Golvin https://jeanclaudegolvin.com/en/herodion/

The mausoleum uncovered by Ehud Netzer sits halfway up the slope and is connected to Lower Herodium by a monumental stairway. Although Josephus states that Herod was buried at Herodium, he does not specify where. Was he buried in the mausoleum on the slope or in the fortress at the summit? Reconstruction by Hiram Henriquez/National Geographic Stock. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/herodium-the-tomb-of-king-herod-revisited/

Aerial view of the acropolis of Herodium.

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Büyük Hirodes (M.Ö. 37-4) tarafından yaptırılan bir kale ve Hirodes'in mezarının bulunduğu Filistin bölgesi. Kale, Roma yönetimine karşı Yahudi isyancıların kalesiydi.

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