Israeli archaeologists unearth burial site of biblical ruler

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

HERODIUM, West Bank -- Under a baking sun, pieces of limestone carved with borders of rosettes and geometrical designs lay in three excavated pits Tuesday -- a desert site Israeli archaeologists say is the tomb of King Herod, who ruled the Holy Land when Christ was born.

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