The Mysterious Missing Tomb of Herod the Great
In 2007, archaeologist Ehud Netzer announced a stunning discovery: the long-lost tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, a fortress-palace complex Herod built in the Judean desert. But within a decade, Netzer was dead from a fall at the site, and a wave of scholarly skepticism cast doubt on the identification. This episode explores the hunt for Herod's final resting place, the archaeological evidence for and against the tomb, and the larger mystery of why the man who rebuilt the Second Temple and transformed Jerusalem left no clear burial marker. We'll discuss the sarcophagus fragments, the missing inscription, and the audacity of Herod's funeral procession described by Josephus. What does the quest for Herod's tomb reveal about the politics of biblical archaeology and our desire to find tangible links to the past?
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