an investigation of the lower areas of the palace reveals no clues. so professor netzer and his team widen their search. so as archaeologists were excavating the side of herodium, they began to find clues that give us hints about a possible burial site. evidence of a tomb. other evidence of other burial practices and then they found the jackpot. a sarcophagus, an ornate, beautiful sarcophagus that could be the tomb of herod the great. breaking story from 2,000 years ago. fragments of what could be the most important archaeological find in the middle east since the discovery of the dead sea scrolls.