Hebrew University’s Archaeological Institute announced on Wednesday additional discoveries in Herod’s grave, located 9 miles south of Jerusalem. The findings include coffins of Herod’s family, a ...

King Herod’s mausoleum, which long eluded archaeologists, sheds light on the ruler’s turbulent reign—and its effect on Jesus’s early life. Desert strongholdSince its construction a few years before ...

Herod built an elaborate palace fortress on the 300-foot mountain, Herodium, to commemorate his victory in a crucial battle. Duby Tal / Albatross / IsraelImages Shielding my eyes from the glare of the ...

King Herod knew exactly where he wanted to spend eternity: at Herodium, a mountain in the wilderness where he won a battle with the Parthian (Iranian) army in 40 B.C.E. After his victory, Herod fled ...

“To everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away” (Luke 19;26). Jesus’ parable about a king who gave talents to three servants is made more ...

The tender and beautiful story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the visits of the shepherds, angels and magi, is a well-known part of Western culture. It is described in the first chapters of the ...