THE LANDSCAPE PALACES OF HEROD THE GREAT
The palaces of Herod the Great are among the best preserved archaeological remains of royal residences of the late Hellenistic-early Roman era. The late archaeologist and architect, Ehud Netzer, has demonstrated Herod's close attention to landscape settings, admired in the accounts of the ancie...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2014
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2014, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 76-97 |
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| Summary: | The palaces of Herod the Great are among the best preserved archaeological remains of royal residences of the late Hellenistic-early Roman era. The late archaeologist and architect, Ehud Netzer, has demonstrated Herod's close attention to landscape settings, admired in the accounts of the ancient historian Flavius Josephus. Archaeological remains of the architectural settings and of the gardens, understood in tandem with those elsewhere in the Mediterranean, demonstrate how Herod participated in the cutting edge of design trends of the day. This essay examines peristyles and strolling gardens, viewing knolls and towers, pools and naumachiae, and other landscape architecture at Herod's palaces in the dramatic landscapes of Jericho, Masada, Herodium, and Caesarea. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.77.2.0076 |