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Old 08 May 2007, 03:40 PM
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Read This! King Herod 's tomb found, archaeologist says

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An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land -- a potentially major discovery that capped a 35-year quest for the researcher.
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Old 08 May 2007, 04:06 PM
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I think this is pretty interesting. The archaelogist had a number of accounts including Jesephus about Herod's tomb. Another story that I saw said that his actual sarcophagus (sic) was smashed by Jewish rebels since Herod had a reputation of being a Roman toady.
As a builder, he certainly deserves serious props. I don't expect Trump Towers or any other Trump building to be around in 2000 years.

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