Yigal Bronner and Yonathan Mizrachi

King Herod, Long Reviled, Finds New Love Among Jewish Settlers

‘Our largest archaeological project ever” is how Israel’s national museum has described its new exhibition featuring King Herod. James Snyder, the museum director, proudly announced that no fewer than 30 tons of material have been brought from one archaeological site alone — Herodion, one of Herod’s palaces and the location of his recently discovered tomb….