Herod the Great (73 BC-4 BC), King of Judea, was an example of a class of client princes who kept their thrones by balancing between being overthrown by their own peoples for too much subservience to Rome and being dismissed by the Romans for too much...

arti-facts Herod the Great ruled Judaea as a Roman client King from 37 to 4 BCE. Herod was known for his remarkable construction projects, for his fierce loyalty to his Roman masters, the cruelty of his reign, and for his ability to appease...

It is well known that ancient coins, and especially those of the Roman Imperial period, were used as a vehicle of political propaganda and ruler ideology. Herod's coinage is no exception.1 The largest bronze coin is perhaps the most enigmatic. Like his other...

Deep in a 2,000-year-old tunnel system outside Jerusalem, a young woman unearthed a rare oil lamp used in ancient rituals during an archaeological dig.For Abby Krewson, the discovery is especially gratifying: Krewson is a 10th-grader from Philadelphia participating in a "dig for a day" archaeological...

In a Jan. 3 story about the death of former Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, The Associated Press misidentified a singer who appeared in a concert in Jerusalem to mark Israel's 30th Independence Day. The singer was Leontyne Price, not Lena Horne.JERUSALEM (AP) _ Teddy Kollek,...