A Labeled Model of one of Herod's Palace Fortresses.
The Herodion is seven and a half miles southeast of Jerusalem. |
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Click HERE or on the box to the left to see pictures of Herod the Great's tomb
just discovered at the base of the Herodion in the spring of 2007. |
| The Herodion was, in a sense, a man made mountain. |
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| The sides of the entire Herodion were covered with fit stones like these making the man-made mountain structurally secure and impossible to be climbed by an enemy force. |
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| Looking down the slopes of Herodion from beside the east tower. |
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| To the east of Herodion is the location of a hill that Herod had moved to help construct the Herodion. |
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This is the East Tower as seen standing beside it on the east side of the Herodion.
The picture below shows where I was standing when I took the photo. |
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The above photo is taken of the remains fo the East Tower from the "X"
The next few photos are taken over the edge into the center of the Herodion from about the same location. |
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| Looking down inside the Herodion from the top of the ridge facing west |
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| Inside the Herodion |
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| Inside the Herodion |
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| Inside the Herodion |
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| This is a picture of the remains of the west side of the East Tower |
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| These stone balls would be rolled down that side of the Herodion Mountain at the enemy. |
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The four photos below were taken in these three locations:
1) The Domed Bath.
2) The remains of Corinthian Capitals
3) The Pillars of a Portico inside the Herodion.
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| One of the first orbed ceiling to be constructed is found in one of Herod's bath houses in the Herodion |
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| This bath house still has the decorative stucco from 2,000 years ago. |
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| Toni sits on the remains of the Corinthian Capitals that had decorated Herod's palace fortress he called Herodion. |
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| Galyn and Toni among the columns of a collapsed portico. |
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| This is the view of the East Tower from inside the Herodion. |
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Galyn at the base of the East tower inside the Herodion.
The large water storage cistens for the Herodion can be entered by going down the stairs in this picture. |
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The view from on top the Herodion.
Both Bethlehem and Jerusalem are easily seen. |
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At the base of Herodion was another palace.
Here is a large swimming pool with the remains of an island in the middle. |
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| This is a ground view of the lower pool. |
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A royal bath house by the Lower Pool.
Notice the columns in the back ground. |
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| The Stucco in the round bath house in the Herodion |
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For more information go HERE |
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View of the Lower Pool from Herodion |
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View of landscape from Herodion. Video begins with the Israeli flag at Herodion |
..Galyn's Israel Photos.
