The central water pit (Man-Made well) in Herodium
The central water pit (Well) in Herodium. Herodium (or Herodion) is a hill shaped like a truncated cone (758 m / 2,487 ft above sea level), 12 kilometres ( mi) located southeast of Bethlehem. It built as a fortress palace by King Herod the Great. It was known by the Crusaders as the "Mountain of Franks", but local Arab inhabitants call it Jabal al-Fourdis or "Mountain of Paradise"
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Location: Herodium (Herodion)
Photo credit: © Israel Talby / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 17935a, archaeology, archeology, bar, central, herod, herodion, herodium, herods, history, king, kokhba, pit, reservoir, talby, tunnel, tunnels, underground, water
