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Monday, April 11, 2005

Where Salome danced for the king

Haaretz.com is reporting the discovery of a marble floor in the palace of Herod Antipas where Salome danced for the king.

“According to archaeologist Professor Yizhar Hirschfeld, director of the three-week dig that ended yesterday, the floor is apparently a remnant of a pavement in the palace of Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, who ruled the Galilee from 4 BCE to 38 CE.”

See more at
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562531.html

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