For centuries, Christian devotees visited a tomb, believing it to belong to an apocryphal Biblical figure. A new study posits it may have had an entirely different Biblical connection.

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E ...

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.

An aerial view of the Herodium fortress that the ancient king built in the Judaean desert Menahem Kahana / AFP via Getty Images When Herod died in 4 B.C.E., his demise was long and painful.

ATHENS, Greece — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis . Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have performed ...

HEROD'S CHILDREN by Ilse Aichinger. 238 pages. Athenaeum. $4.50.The human mind has been haunted for 2,000 years by the Massacre of the Innocents, in which men killed children for reasons of state ...