Herodium, Masada and the Herodian building programme
Herod the Great's reign is visible in stone across Judaea, on the scale the sources describe.
Подтверждено раскопкамиРаскопки37–4 BC
Fortress-palaces on desert crags with swimming pools, bathhouses and frescoed rooms, supplied by cisterns cut for the purpose — the works of the king the Gospels place at the beginning of the story. Masada's storerooms, palaces and the Roman siege ramp around it are all still visible.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king…
- Найдено
- Herodium, Masada, Jericho, Jerusalem, 1963 — Yigael Yadin at Masada; Ehud Netzer at Herodium and elsewhere
- Хранится
- In place; Masada is a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Как это дошло до нас
- Раскопано или до сих пор стоит там, где было построено.
Что она показывает
The building programme is beyond doubt. Nothing in it bears on the events of Matthew 2, and no independent record of those events exists.
Как это используют историки
Herodian architecture is a field of its own; Masada and Herodium are among the most fully excavated sites in the country.
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Источники
- Netzer, The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder (2006)
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