| − | For centuries, the final burial site of Herod the Great was unknown. Then on May 8, 2007, [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] Ehud Netzer found the remains of a [[mausoleum]] and pieces of an eight-[[Foot (length)|foot]] coffin at the end of a staircase in the Herodium. This tomb bears no identification, but no personage other than Herod is known from the period who would likely be buried in such a tomb in such a place.<ref name=Netzer>Govier, Gordon. "[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/july/5.14.html Tyrant's Tomb Unearthed: Herod the Great's final resting place said to be found]." ''[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/ Christianity Today]'' Online, June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2007.</ref> | + | For centuries, the final burial site of Herod the Great was unknown. Then on May 8, 2007, [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] Ehud Netzer found the remains of a mausoleum and pieces of an eight-[[Foot (length)|foot]] coffin at the end of a staircase in the Herodium. This tomb bears no identification, but no personage other than Herod is known from the period who would likely be buried in such a tomb in such a place.<ref name=Netzer>Govier, Gordon. "[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/july/5.14.html Tyrant's Tomb Unearthed: Herod the Great's final resting place said to be found]." ''[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/ Christianity Today]'' Online, June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2007.</ref> |