Archaeologists find tomb of King Herod

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FistOfThe North
"Herod was the Jewish proxy ruler of the Holy Land under imperial Roman occupation from 37 B.C. His most famous construction project was expanding the Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070509/ap_on_sc/israel_herod_s_tomb

Robtard
He's an unpopular fellow in the Bible, painted as a "baby killer".

debbiejo
It's cool when we find anything historical like that. Ancient history is the Bomb!! cool

lord xyz
Why is this in the Religion Forum, despite him being mentioned in the Bible?

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