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Handle of a footed marble basin decorated with Silenoi heads. The basin was probably given to Herod as a gift from Emperor Augustus or his second in command, Marcus Agrippa, 1st century BCE.![herod_augustus]()
Marble portrait of Emperor Augustus, a close friend and benefactor of King Herod, wearing a civic crown, 1st century BCE.![herod_window_screen]()
Carved limestone window screen with cut-out decoration, from the bathhouse of Lower Herodium, 1st century BCE.![herod_chandelier]()
Elaborate clay chandelier fashioned as a multi-nuzzled lamp, 1st century BCE.![herod_corinthian]()
Corinthian capital, from Herod's palace in Jericho.![herod_drinking_cups]()
Magnificent glass drinking cups from the time of Augustus, 1st century CE. This type of ware of was used in the lavish banquets of the Roman aristocracy and was no doubt used in Herod's palaces too.![herod_drum_base]()
Corinthian capital, drum and base of column, from Herod's palace at Cypros.![herod_herodium_pool]()
View from the pool in the Lower Herodium towards the mountain palace.![herod_marble_basin_2]()
Footed marble basin decoarted with Silenoi heads. The basin was probably given to Herod as a gift from Emperor Augustus or his second in command, Marcus Agrippa, the 1st century BCE.![herod_marcus_agrippa]()
Bronze Portrait of Marcus Agrippa, right hand man of Augustus Agrippa, who was a close friend of Herod who visited the kingdom in 15 BCE.![herod_meander]()
Herodian architectural fragment decorated with a meander, palmettes and scrolls, found near the Hulda gates leading to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the 1st century BCE.![herod_royal_room]()
Professor Ehud Netzer and Roi Porat in the Royal room of the theater at Herodium at the end of the excavation.![herod_netzer_masada]()
Professor Ehud Netzer during the excavatiosn at Masada.![herod_citadel]()
A detailed model of the Second Temple: Mariamme, Phasael and Hippicus, the multi-storied towers of the citadel built by Herod in Jerusalem.![herod_ehud_netzer]()
Professor Ehud Netzer at the excavatiosn in Herodium, conducted during the 80s.![herod_ionic_capital]()
Ionic capital from the upper story of Herod's mausoleum.![herod_marc_anthony]()
Portrait of Marc Anthony on a gold coin from 39 BCE.![herod_mausoleum]()
Initial reconstruction proposal of Herod's mausoleum.![herod_pilaster]()
Pilaster made of stucco, from the royal room at the theater in Herodium, 1st century BCE.The legacy of biblical King Herod
Israel's national museum said Tuesday it will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled Jerusalem and the Holy Land under Roman occupation two millennia ago.
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- The legacy of biblical King Herod
