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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Herodion Alternative Name: HerodiumCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 4.305 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Betthlehem Nearest Village: Teko'a
Latitude: 31.665730N Longitude: 35.241776E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Herodion, to the south of Jerusalem in the Judean hills, is one of the top historical and archeological sites of Israel. Like some famous counterparts, we have one person to thank for this, and that is King Herod (ruling from 37-4 BCE), who might be called "the Great" simply on the basis of his architectural achievements.
But Herodion is even unique among his other creations, like the Temple Mount and Second Temple in Jerusalem, the city and harbor of Caesarea, and the fortress at Masada. What's so special about it? Not that Herod built another splendid building. That he did many times. No, the truly unique thing is that Herodion is not built on earlier occupation layers. Before King Herod arrived at Herodion, nobody had ever seen anything special in that location. Literally.
Herodion was built in three years, from 23-20 BCE. With his usual extraordinary megalomania and energetic will-power Herod completely changed the natural landscape in order to elevate his palace to a lofty place. The hill, remindful of a volcano, is visible from a great distance, because it is isolated, and also because it is much higher than the surrounding hill tops. The upper third of the hill has been artificially superimposed. In order to do this he would have had to lower a nearby hill with a third, too!
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