The Lost Key to the Tomb of the Kings in Jerusalem: A Freshly Discovered Stone Relief in Machaerus Identifies its Founder as King Herod the Great

A beautiful, 138 × 52 cm limestone relief from the period of King Herod the Great was unearthed in Machaerus in 2020. The finely carved royal ornamentation is a matching analogy to the same-sized Doric frieze that was cut into the natural rock above the entrance of the Tomb of the Kings in Jerusalem...

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Main Author: Vörös, Győző (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum 2022
In: Liber annuus
Year: 2022, Volume: 72, Pages: 511-527
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Herod Agrippa I Judea, Tetrarch 10 BC-44 / Excavation / Relief map
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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