Near the end of her life, Zora Neale Hurston wrote to her editor at Scribner’s that she was “under the spell of a great obsession.” She had been working feverishly on the early chapters of a ...

PHILLIPS'S "HEROD" ACTED AT THE LYRIC; A Production of Great Pictorial Beauty of a Notable Tragedy. LAST ACT MOST IMPRESSIVE In It Mr. Faversham Redeems Earlier Shortcomings -- Miss Opp's Artistic ...

Herod the Great proved himself a skillful builder, responsible for the planning and construction of projects such as the city of Herodium; the extravagant harbor at Caesarea Maritima, ...

The sights, sounds and smells of 1780s London burst vividly from the pages of this enthralling adventure set in the rookeries of St Giles, a warren of inhospitable streets where outcasts ...

Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home by another route just to avoid him. Herod never takes the stage. So it goes for Herod—in ...

In 2007 archaeologists announced they had found the great king's tomb, a surprisingly modest mausoleum that was part of the Herodium, a massive complex built by Herod on a cone-shaped hill in the ...

Herod the Great ruled over Judea for 33 years and produced during that time a legacy of massive building projects that would transform the landscape of the ancient Land of Israel.

Researchers Diagnose Herod the Great. By ABC News. January 24, 2002, 11:52 AM. Jan. 25 -- He was a ruthless man who died a miserable death.

(THE CONVERSATION) King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after ...

Herod the Great proved himself a skillful builder, responsible for the planning and construction of projects such as the city of Herodium; the extravagant harbor at Caesarea Maritima, on the ...