Tomb of King Herod
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Did Herod really order the massacre of thousands of infants? Tristan Hughes revisits the scandalous and captivating story of the discovery of King Herod's Tomb.
He's joined by Professor Jodi Magnus as they delve into the archaeological and literary significance of one of history's most infamous figures, King Herod. Together they explore the construction of Herodium, its symbolic connections to both Greek traditions and Judaic heritage and discuss the dark tales of Herod's rule, including his ruthless actions and the controversies surrounding his death.
Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan, the producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Tristan Hughes, and if you would like the ancient ad-free, get early access and bonus episodes, sign up to History Hit. |
| 0:08.1 | With a History Hit subscription, you can also watch hundreds of hours of original documentaries, including my recent documentary all about Petra and the Nabatians, and enjoy a new release every week. |
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| 0:26.6 | It's The Ancense on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and it is Christmas on the Ancients. |
| 0:39.4 | I wish you all a fantastic Christmas and festive holiday season. |
| 0:43.6 | Now, the Ancients team, they've been working hard all year, and they deserve a well-deserved |
| 0:48.5 | break. |
| 0:49.4 | So over the Christmas period, until the new year, we are re-releasing a few of our favourite early episodes |
| 0:55.1 | back when I was barely a year into hosting The Ancients and I had no idea just how far this |
| 1:01.4 | podcast would go. It has been an amazing journey, the best project I've ever worked on in my life |
| 1:07.6 | and long may yet continue. Now, this episode of the ancients was released three years ago |
| 1:13.3 | in December 2021. It is an amazing archaeological discovery story and it does have a link to Christmas, |
| 1:20.4 | albeit an infamous one, because it's the story of Big Bad King Herod and the discovery of his |
| 1:27.2 | tomb in the early 2000s. King Herod is, |
| 1:31.0 | I would argue, one of the most interesting figures from ancient history because of the amount |
| 1:35.6 | of literature and archaeology surviving for this ancient king of Judea. Now our guest for this |
| 1:42.4 | episode explaining all about Herod's tomb, from its discovery |
| 1:46.1 | to what it looked like and how elaborate it was, its dominant placement in the landscape too, |
| 1:52.0 | is one of our most popular ancient interviewees, Professor Jodie Magnus. This is a fascinating |
| 1:58.4 | story and I hope you enjoy. |
| 2:06.9 | King Herod, we've all heard the name. |
| 2:11.1 | We have this great combination of literature and archaeology surviving about him. |
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