Posted on 09/22/2010 11:59:58 AM PDT by decimon
JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod's winter palace in the Judean desert, the team's head said Tuesday.
Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem's Hebrew University said the room provides further evidence of King Herod's famed taste for extravagance.
Herod commissioned Roman artists to decorate the theater walls with elaborate paintings and plaster moldings around 15 B.C., Netzer said. Its upper portions feature paintings of windows overlooking a river and a seascape with a large sailboat.
This is the first time this painting style has been found in Israel, Netzer said.
Herod was the Jewish proxy ruler of the Holy Land under Roman occupation from 37 to 4 B.C. He is known for his extensive building throughout the area.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Stage and screen ping.
We can post AP photos?
Archaeologists uncover theater box at Herod’s palace - well preserved popcorn bags and soda cups also found.
The article didn’t specify, but was this at Masada? The description “in the Judean desert” and the timeline of 71 AD seems to imply that it is.
Any gum under the seats?
The article didn’t say.
Doesn't look very comfortable.
This would be near Jericho in the lowlands. It is not the same as Masada.
The feather pad must have disintegrated.
All in sizes "large," "extra-large," and "jumbo," I presume.
-PJ
Herod the Great (c. 74-4 BC), King of the Israel who reconstructed the Second Temple (Herod's Temple) in Jerusalem.
Herod Archelaus (23 BC-c. AD 18), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
Herod Antipas (20 BC-c. AD 40), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, who was described in the New Testament as ordering John the Baptist's death and as mocking Jesus
Herod Agrippa I (c. 10 BC-AD 44), king of Judea, called "Herod" in the Acts of the Apostles
Herod II, sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome
fyi..
Now I`ve herod it all!
No, it's the Porcelain Throne.
On his father’s side Herod was Idumaean, so he should be a descendant of Esau (Edom). Some time before his birth the Idumaeans were forced to accept the Jewish religion. Herod’s mother was the daughter of an Arab sheik. I don’t think the Jews of the time regarded Herod as authentically Jewish.
-PJ
No coconut oil residue was detected, proving the ancients were far superior in their understanding of nutrition.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.