Herodium

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View from Mount Scopus north of Jerusalem. The flat topped hill in the background is the Herodium fortress. Photo courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.Pool complex at the base of the Herodium. Photographed by Joshua N. Tilton.Pool complex at the Herodium as seen from the summit of the palace-fortress. Photo courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.View up the slope of the Herodium fortress. Photo courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.Remains of the podium of Herod's mausoleum. Photographed by Joshua N. Tilton.Model of Herod's mausoleum at the Herodium. Photographed by Gary Asperschlager.Eastern tower and central courtyard of the Herodium fortress. Photo courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.Synagogue in the Herodium fortress. Photo courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.Model of the Herodium fortress. Photographed by Gary Asperschlager.Likely sarcophagus of Herod the Great discovered by archaeologist Ehud Netzer at the Herodium. Photographed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem by Joshua N. Tilton.Flower design adorning the likely sarcophagus of Herod the Great. Photographed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem by Joshua N. Tilton.

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