May 08, 2007

Well, he may have been The Great, but not quite that great.

King Herod's tomb may have been found

By STEVE WEIZMAN
The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land. [...]

Well, he was quite a visionary with a very Roman outlook on displaying state power through architecture, and his friendliness with Rome certainly helped out a great deal when it came time to start building things around the country. But the way that sentence is written, it makes it sound like Jerusalem (and the rest of the Holy Land) was a clean-sheet design. Sorta like Disneyworld. Eh, whatever--maybe it's just a badly worded sentence--but given the slim sense of history most news organizations exhibit, it's hard to tell.

Anyway, a more complete article about Herod and his architectural (and social) legacy can be found here.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 8, 2007 08:50 AM
Comments

Heh. I'm getting my hooks deep into you, aren't I?

Posted by: skinnydan at May 8, 2007 02:00 PM

I did seem to have a peculiar craving for lox and cream cheese for breakfast this morning.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 8, 2007 02:43 PM