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Workers of the Israel Museum work on the monumental exhibition Herod the Great: The King's Final Journey which will open at the museum in a month. January 15, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90Jerusalem - Israel’s national museum is preparing an exhibition on King Herod, the Jewish ruler under Roman occupation two millennia ago.
The display, billed as the world’s first on Herod, includes a reconstructed tomb and sarcophagus of Herod, known for huge building projects, including the biblical Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem.
The exhibit features about 30 tons of findings from his lavish palaces.
Israel Museum director James Snyder said Tuesday it’s the museum’s largest and most expensive archaeological project to date. The exhibit opens Feb. 12.
Palestinians object to the exhibit because it displays artifacts from West Bank sites. Archaeology official Hamdan Taha says the project was not coordinated with the Palestinians and violates international law.
The museum says it will return the antiquities after the exhibit closes in nine months.
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Jan 15, 2013 at 12:18 PM radrad Says:Report as Inappropriate
why return what belongs to us!!!!
Maybe we should ask the Waqf for all the items they stole and/or destroyed in their Solomon Stables excavation (which BTW was also illegal)!
They only respond to the butt of a gun-wake up!
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Jan 15, 2013 at 02:10 PM MDG Says:Report as Inappropriate
"Biblical King Herod"
Herod is not in the the Jewish bible.
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Jan 15, 2013 at 07:53 PM Mark Levin Says:Report as Inappropriate
"... Herod, known for huge building projects, including the biblical Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem."
He DID NOT build it! He restored it because he killed the chachomim and saw the writing on the wall.
He was a slave!
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Jan 16, 2013 at 04:11 AM Reb Yid Says:Report as Inappropriate
"Israel Museum director James Snyder"
Probably not too many people in Israel with a name like that.
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Jan 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM chicagomaven Says:Report as Inappropriate
who are they going to return it to?!
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Jan 17, 2013 at 05:33 PM Jimmy37 Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ why return what belongs to us!!!!
Maybe we should ask the Waqf for all the items they stole and/or destroyed in their Solomon Stables excavation (which BTW was also illegal)!
They only respond to the butt of a gun-wake up! ”
Agreed