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HERODIUM - PHOTO GALLERY

 

Herodium: an aerial photograph showing the famous breast-like shape of the man-made hill

Aerial shot of the fortress of Herodium. Click for more

 

Herodium: Herod's fortress dominated the surrounding country

 Herodium in its landscape. Click for more

 

Herodium: aerial photograph showing buildings in the core of the fortress

 Herodium from above, showing separate towers and areas. Click for more

 

Herodium: entrance to the fortress, showing various buildings inside the thick stone walls

 Inside the courtyard area of Herodium. Click for more

 

Interior area of the fortress at Herodium, showing ruined main tower

 Inside the fortress, showing remains of the main tower. Click for more

 

Herodium: the top of the main tower, now gone, contained the royal apartments

 Main tower inside the fortress, long view

 

Herodium: the western wall of the fortress

 The Western Wall, Fortress of Herodium

 

Herodium: highly decorated Corinthian capital

 Corinthian capital, Herodium Fortress. Click for more

  

Herodium: the ruins of the bath house inside the fortress

 The Bath House, Herodium Fortress

 

Herodium: entrance to one of the tunnels under the fortress at Herodium

 Tunnels under the cone-shaped fortress of Herodium. Click for more

 

Herodium: tombs in the side of the man-made hill at Herodium

 Long shot of the tombs at Herodium. Click for more

Herodium: entrance to the tomb containing the sarcophagus of King Herod the Great

 Entrance to one of the tombs at Herodium. Click for more

  

Herodium: reassembled fragments of the sarcophagus thought to have belonged to Herod the Great

 A sarcophagus, probably of King Herod the Great, found at Herodium. Click for more

 

Herodium: 1st century AD mural found in the loggia of the theater at Herodium

 Mural found in the Theater area at Herodium. Click for more

 

Herodium: columns from one of the colonnades at Lower Herodium

 The colonnade at Herodium, with the fortress behind it

 

Herodium: open pool surrounded by a colonnade; central domed pavilion

 Pool with circular pavilion, surrounded by colonnade

 

Herodium: long shot of ruins of the central domed pavilion and open pool around it

 Long shot of the pool with central domed pavilion 

 

Herodium - reassembled colonnade with steps leading down to the open pool

Colonnade with steps leading down into the pool. Click for more

 

Herodium - the lower bath house and pool, with the hill of Herodium behind it

 Lower bath house with pool 

 

Herodium - interior of the bath house

 Interior of the bath house, Herodium

 

Herodium - ruins of the bath house in Lower Herodium

 Pool and bath house area, lower Herodium 

 

Herodium - mosaic with pomegranates, bath house

 Mosaic floor, Lower Herodium. Click for more 

 

Herodium - patterned bath house mosaic

 Mosaic floor, Lower Herodium. Click for more

 

Herodium - stairs leading down into a cistern

 Stairs leading down into a cistern, Herodium

 

Herodium - one of the vast water reservoirs at Herodium

 One of the vast cisterns/reservoirs that stored water brought to Herodium

 

EXTRA WEBSITES

Mad, bad and dangerous: the Bible's King Herod - BIBLE PEOPLE: HEROD

Ancient tombs - ARCHAEOLOGY: TOMBS AND CATACOMBS

Herod the Great, a Top Villain -  BIBLE TOP TEN: VILLAINS