Herod died in his palace at Jericho in the spring of 4 B.C. This illustration by Hongnian Zhang depicts the funeral procession to his massive mausoleum at Herodium. Photograph by Hongnian Zhang ...

The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus provides details about Herod's death, which occurred shortly after a lunar eclipse. Based on astronomical data, scholars identify four possible dates for this ...

The film actually begins with the Roman invasion by Pompey in 65 B.C., the appointment of King Herod the Great by the Romans and finally the crowning of Herod Antipas after he murders his father.

Originating in a 16th-century English mystery play, this mournful lullaby tells of the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod I tries to kill the newborn Jesus by ordering all the male infants ...