By Haaretz November 23, 2011 Recent archeological excavations in Jerusalem show that, contrary to popular understanding, King Herod was not solely responsible for constructing the Western Wall.

These are King Herod the Great, Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, Herod Philip, Herod Agrippa I, and Herod Agrippa II. The Herod in the nativity story is the first of these, Herod the Great.

The year was 44 A.D., and King Herod Agrippa ruled Judea, having been appointed in 41 A.D. The new king served at the will and pleasure of Rome, and Rome wanted someone who could appease the ...

It’s been more than 2,000 years since his death in 4 B.C., yet clinicians and scholars will unravel the mystery of what killed 69 year-old Herod the Great (or King Herod, as he is called in the ...

Two are off-white, and it’s guesswork who was buried in them; maybe Herod’s first two murdered sons. But it’s a pretty good bet that the reddish one held the king. The decorations were one clue.

Herod hosted Marcus Agrippa, the second-in-command to Caesar Augustus, in that room in 15 BC, according to Porat.