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.
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ANY GUM STUCK UNDER THE SEATS...??
Well that's just Great.
You have been reported to the pun moderator.
I recommended a 1 month suspension for that one.
Ah yes!
Not really. They also found an ante room outside the box where Herod did his thinking.
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Herod was Idumaean or Edomite. They were related to the Israelites but often fought them. It was a tribe forcibly converted to Judaism by John Hyrcanus.
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