Herodium, another view

Our previous post showed an aerial view of Herod’s fortress, the Herodium.  Today’s photo offers a view from ground level.

Herodium. Photo by Leon Mauldin.

The Herodium can easily be seen from nearby Bethlehem.

Herod is known for his atrocity of killing the baby boys in Bethlehem from age two and under.  That is consistent with what is known of him from secular history.

Click on image for higher resolution.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 8:27 PM and is filed under Bible History and Geography, Bible Study, Israel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to Herodium, another view

  1. Kids at the Herodium | Leon's Message Board says:
    June 19, 2013 at 1:00 AM

    […] I have a couple of previous posts on the Herodium here and here. […]

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