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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 05/09/2007 : 02:51:49
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Probably Herod, would be my guess, but they have yet to find any collaborating inscriptions, and the dessicated remains of the corpse in question are conspicious by their absence. quote:
Herod: The Bible's biggest villain
As archaeologists announce they have discovered Herod the Great's burial site, Eric Silver looks at the life of the Jewish king who killed three of his sons, executed one of his wives and ordered the massacre of the innocents
Published: 09 May 2007
Under a brain-numbing sun, the mountain gradually gave up its secrets to the archaeologists' trowels. A flight of stairs - part of the route of the elaborate funeral procession planned by the tyrannical ruler - leads to the very place where the notorious king of Judea was buried.
Yesterday, on the powdery grey flank of an artificial mountain overlooking the Arab villages and Jewish settlements scattered across the Judean Wilderness, Israeli scholars presented their answer to one of the great mysteries of biblical archaeology: the tomb of Herod the Great, a Roman client king who ruled the Jews with the ruthless paranoia of a Stalin or Saddam Hussein from 37BC until his death in 4BC.
For Ehud Netzer, professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University, the find was the culmination of a 30-year search. Herod was known to have been buried at Herodium, the towering desert fortress he built for that purpose a day's march south of Jerusalem.
The Roman historian Josephus Flavius described the lavish funeral procession in his book The Jewish Wars, the unchallenged source book of the Second Temple era. He told how the body was attended by members of the family richly dressed in silks and jewels, how soldiers from across the ancient world paraded in their armour, as for war, accompanied by hundreds of attendants carrying spices such as frankincense. He said the king's body was covered in a purple shroud and carried on a bier
The fellow was really unpopular, in spite of the lavishness of his send-off. Evidently, the tomb was pretty well smashed up by those wanting to piss on his grave to get in a little post-mortem revenge, which is rather pointless when you think about it.
It's a very good article from an archeological viewpoint. The Independent's usually are.
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HalfMooner
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 Posted - 05/09/2007 : 04:54:47 [Permalink]
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I actually remember, as I'm sure Fil recalls, Groucho Marx asking that question (except it was Grant's Tomb) of the more clueless contestants whom he nevertheless liked on his quiz show, "You Bet Your Life." Some, if I recall rightly, got the answer wrong.
Damn, Groucho was good!
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 05/09/2007 : 05:20:19 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
I actually remember, as I'm sure Fil recalls, Groucho Marx asking that question (except it was Grant's Tomb) of the more clueless contestants whom he nevertheless liked on his quiz show, "You Bet Your Life." Some, if I recall rightly, got the answer wrong.
Damn, Groucho was good!
I figgered if someone came up with that, it'd be you. Damn, but we're old!
And he was damned good! I believe it was Groucho who said to the effect that he didn't want to be affilated with any organization that would accept him as a member. Words to live by.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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pleco
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Posted - 05/09/2007 : 06:33:57 [Permalink]
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ktesibios
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Posted - 05/09/2007 : 17:57:48 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
[The fellow was really unpopular, in spite of the lavishness of his send-off. Evidently, the tomb was pretty well smashed up by those wanting to piss on his grave to get in a little post-mortem revenge, which is rather pointless when you think about it.
It's a very good article from an archeological viewpoint. The Independent's usually are.
Umm... if the ancient Hebrews were anything at all like the Egyptians about kings and their grave goods, busting into the tomb could have been a profitable venture as well as emotionally satisfying.  |
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Who is buried in Herod's Tomb?
