Did Herod really order the massacre of thousands of infants? Tristan Hughes revisits the scandalous and captivating story of the discovery of King Herod's Tomb.He's joined by Professor Jodi Magnus as they delve into the archaeological and literary significance of one of history's most infamous figures, King Herod. Together they explore the construction of Herodium, its symbolic connections to both Greek traditions and Judaic heritage and discuss the dark tales of Herod's rule, including his ruthless actions and the controversies surrounding his death.Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan, the producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here:https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MKTheme music from Motion Array, all other music from Epidemic Sound
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It's the Ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and it is Christmas on the Ancients. I wish you all a fantastic Christmas and festive holiday season. Now, the Ancients team, they've been working hard all year and they deserve a well-deserved break. So over the Christmas period until the new year, we are re-releasing a few of our favourite early episodes.
Back when I was barely a year into hosting The Ancients and I had no idea just how far this podcast would go. It has been an amazing journey. The best project I've ever worked on in my life and long may it continue. Now, this episode of The Ancients was released three years ago in December 2021.
It is an amazing archaeological discovery story, and it does have a link to Christmas, albeit an infamous one, because it's the story of Big Bad King Herod and the discovery of his tomb in the early 2000s. King Herod is, I would argue, one of the most interesting figures from ancient history because of the amount of literature and archaeology surviving for this ancient king of Judea.
Now our guest for this episode, explaining all about Herod's tomb, from its discovery to what it looked like and how elaborate it was, its dominant placement in the landscape too, is one of our most popular ancients interviewees, Professor Jody Magnus. This is a fascinating story, and I hope you enjoy. King Herod. We've all heard the name.
We have this great combination of literature and archaeology surviving about him. I mean, Jodie, he surely has to rank among one of the most interesting figures to study in ancient history.
Yeah, I would actually agree with that assessment. He's definitely interesting. He's probably, I guess you could say, infamous because of the report in the Gospel of Matthew about the massacre of the innocents. That's basically how he's become known. That's the association and sort of the popular imagination. Among archaeologists who work in Israel, he is...
known as the greatest single builder in the history of the country. He left more of a lasting imprint on the landscape of the country than any other single person in history. And that's how, as an archaeologist, we know him.
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