Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first ...

Previously, Herod had built the fortresses at Masada and Herodium, the city of Caesarea, and the fortifications around the Old City of Jerusalem; but his most ambitious project was the rebuilding ...

The ruins of Herodium, one of Herod the Great’s summit fortresses, evoke the oppressive power of the Roman Empire. Some scholars regard Jesus as a social revolutionary whose true mission was ...