Herodium

Other Name: Herodis, Herodeion, Herodion, Jabal al-Fureidis
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Early Roman
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Virgilio Corbo (1962-1967) , Ehud Netzer, Roi Porat, Yakov Kalman and Rachel Chachy (2007-2008)
Main Finds: Columns and benches
Site Condition: National Park. Entrance fee.
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Judea

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Porat, R. and Kalmen, Y. "For the Time of the Establishment and Activity of the Synagogue at Herodium" in Work of Wisdom: Studies in Honor of Professor Bezalel Bar-Kochva. ed. S. E. Binder, E. Ratzon and Y. Shivtiel, Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv University, 2021: 389-422, (Hebrew).
  2. Porat, R. , Kalman, Y. and Chachy, R. "The Camp that site at Herodis.": Mount Herodium as a Guerilla-Warfare Center during the Bar-Kokhba Revolt" New Research on the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Surroundings 9, 2015: 280-281, (Hebrew).
  3. Foerster, G. "The synagogues at Masada and Herodion" Journal of Jewish Art 03-04, 1977: 06-11.
  4. Foerster, G. "The Synagogues at Masada and Herodium" in Ancient Synagogues Revealed. ed. L.I. Levine, Jerusalem, 1981: 24-29.

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General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved
Aerial view, courtesy of Abraham Graicer all rights reserved to Abraham Graicer © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Aerial view, courtesy of Abraham Graicer all rights reserved to Abraham Graicer

Plans:

Plans
Drawn by Ehud Netzer and Marcus Edelkopf, courtesy of the Herodium Expedition . Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Drawn by Ehud Netzer and Marcus Edelkopf, courtesy of the Herodium Expedition . Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Drawn by Tchelet Rom Studio Y, courtesy of the Herodium Expedition . Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Drawn by Tchelet Rom Studio Y, courtesy of the Herodium Expedition . Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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