Word: herod
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...classical conference held yesterday afternoon in Harvard 1, Professor D. G. Lyon h.'01 gave an interesting explanation of the explorations made last summer by the Harvard Expedition to Samaria, of which he was in charge. This city, the capital of northern Israel, was rebuilt with great splendor by Herod the Great, and it is the remains of his buildings that have been discovered. The mound which covers the ancient city is about five miles in circumference and covered with olive groves and wheat fields...
...excavations, returned recently and reports gratifying results. The work was carried on at two sites intermittently from the middle of April until August 21. The first site is near the modern village of Sebastiyeh, and is marked by a cluster of columns, belonging, supposedly, to a temple erected by Herod the Great...
...excavations were carried on at two sites. The first is near the modern village of Sebastiyeh, and is marked by a cluster of standing columns. These are commonly considered as belonging to a temple erected at Samaria by Herod the Great. There also was found great quantities of pottery, mostly Greek and Roman...
...measurements and careful observation, represents the present condition of the plateau where once stood the ancient Temple of Solomon, and also shows the Mosque of Omar, which, it is believed, occupies the site of Solomon's altar of burnt offerings. Another model is a representation of the Temple of Herod which was destroyed in the year 70 A. D. Although this is an elaborate work, it is, however, largely imaginative, and is no more accurate than the numerous other attempts at the restoration of this building. The third copy is miniature of the Hibrew Tabernacle in the wilderness. Other acquisitions...
...value is one of Haramesh-Sherif, nine feet by eleven, and is an exact representation of the mosques and other buildings occupying the site of Solomon's Temple and Palace. The second model, of the same size, is a restoration of the Temple of Solomon and The Temple of Herod, while the third, considerably smaller, represents the Tabernacle. These models arrived at Cambridge last December, but as considerable time and care are needed in setting them up, it will be long before they can be placed on exhibition...