Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts ...

“The life story of HEROD THE GREAT,” she wrote ... In January 1960, Hurston died in a welfare home in Fort Pierce, Florida. She was buried in an unmarked grave in a segregated cemetery.

(page 1) In Biblical history, Herod “the Great,” Rome’s client king of Judaea (ruled 40 - 4 BCE) was an evil tyrant. There is no actual evidence for the atrocity he is most remembered for, the ...