Herodeion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Jan 04, 2024 11:20 AM
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History
Herodeion or Herodium refers to an archaeological site located in what is now the West Bank, some 12 km south of Jerusalem and 5 km southeast of Bethlehem. In antiquity, Herod the Great established the fortress after defeating his rival Antigonus II Mattathias in 40 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687916
31.66567435, 35.24180505
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Herodion Ruins (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- הרודיון (Herodium: Modern Hebrew, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Jabal al-Fureidis (Arabic, modern)
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fort, archaeological site, fort, tower (deprecated)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 G2 Herodeion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: el Fureidis WBK
B. Isaac, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, and R. Talbert, 'Herodeion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687916> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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