He told Express.co.uk: "Using a series of clues from the works of Flavius Josephus, archeologists in 2007 were able to unearth the tomb of one of the most famous kings in the Bible: Herod the Great.

King Herod I is among the most reviled villains of the Bible's New Testament. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Herod ordered a massacre of newborn babies upon learning of Jesus Christ's birth ...

Since Herod was appointed by Rome to rule over Judea, a mostly Jewish region, he was literally “king of the Jews.” However, Herod may not have actually been Jewish at all, at least by birth.

Origins: Herod the Great, who ruled the kingdom of Judea from 37 to 4 BC, ascended the throne as an appointee of the Roman empire, and established what became known as the Herodian dynasty.

Herod, who had royal aspirations, was aware of the statement in the Bible that “one from among your brothers you shall set as king over you” (Deuteronomy 17:15), but he was also made aware of ...

I travelled to Israel last May to search for Herod the Great and I found him, or at least his ghost, at his tomb at Herodium. Half way up an artificial mountain the king had conjured from the ...

The Life of Herod the Great— which includes a preface and introduction written by Hurston and commentary written by Plant—stops at chapter 19. “There is no ending as such, because it’s ...