Movie Description:
Herod the Great, king of the Holy Land during the time ofChrist, is best known for the Massacre of the Innocents: the Book of Matthew`saccount of the slaughter of Bethlehem`s male infants. But Herod`s bloody reputation has always hidden another side ofone of the Bible`s greatestvillains. He was an architectural mastermind of breathtaking proportions. Herod built more and larger monuments than virtually anyone in ancienttimes, perhaps in all time. Now, Israeliarchaeologist Ehud Netzer claims to have found Herod`s grandest creation of all-his burial tomb. At hisself-named palace-fortress Herodium, HEROD`S LOST TOMB explores Netzer`s decades-long search for the King of the Jews` fabulously carved mausoleumand coffin. With in-depth examinations of classic Herodian sites such as Masada, Caesarea, and Jerusalem`s Second Temple, National Geographicprobes deep into the architectural brilliance of one of history`s most despised men.
