After hundreds of years of searching for King Herod's tomb on the Herodion on the Eastern side of Gush Etzion, yesterday it was discovered. Professor Ehud Netzer of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, archaeological department, who has devoted the past 30 years of his professional life to searching for the tomb has finally succeeded. Today there will be an official press briefing at the University and than on Herodion.

For years Historians assumed that he was buried on the Herodion since it was his great estate. In the beginning the excavations took place on the bottom part of the structure and in 2006 it was suggested to attempt the search at a higher part of the mountain known as " the funeral path". The tomb was finally found , but in a shattered and broken state.

King Herod was known as the strongest king in Judea, serving Rome. The secular world has nicknamed him" Herod the Great". He was most popular for the great structures he built and was known also as the "Builder King". Our Sages said " those who have not seen a building such as the Herod buildings has not seen magnificent building in his life". He built, Masada, amphitheaters, developed the city of Cesaria, built great palaces and much more. The main and most beautiful of his buildings was the Temple in Jerusalem.