Herod Antipas, the tetrach of Galilee during the Roman Empire, divorced his wife, Phasaelis, and unlawfully married Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip I.

Begun in 20 B.C., Herod’s restoration program refaced the structure in white stone, and doubled the courtyard around it. Herod sought to exalt the Jewish faith, yet did so using Hellenic architects.

Jan. 25 -- He was a ruthless man who died a miserable death. More than 2,000 years after Herod the Great succumbed at age 69, doctors have now settled on exactly what killed the king of ancient ...

King Herod, the bloodthirsty Judean ruler who reputedly tried to kill the infant Jesus, died an excruciating death, brought on by kidney disease and finished off by gangrene, a medical sleuth said.

Since then, Herod has been a force on the lacrosse field. Even as a freshman, the surroundings of older players didn’t slow her down. She took home 1st Team All-County right away and later again ...

King Solomon, Zerubbabel and Herod the Great share a unique distinction in history – they each had the privilege of building the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Yet while the Bible tells us much about ...

Jenkins has already revealed that the fourth season would follow the storyline of John the Baptist, who according to the gospels, is to be beheaded in King Herod’s court. And then news came of ...

New evidence suggests that Herod the Great (or King Herod as he is called in the Bible’s New Testament) died of chronic kidney disease. These findings will be revealed at this year’s ...

The appointment of Sir Philip Green to head a review of government spending was like "putting Herod in charge of a creche", according to TUC deputy general-secretary Frances O'Grady.