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The good things in his life. >> he told us in his writings that herod was very -- the big mystery is where precisely was he buried. this is a question that is playing scholars for the past few decades. everybody wants to know what is the final resting place herod the great. if we can find the tomb of herod the great. we can fill in one of the great missing links in jewish history. ♪ >> for 35 years the professor, hebrew university of jerusalem, searches the site for herod's tomb, but he finds no trace. helping his search his

It doesn't fit the way he saw himself among other kings of that period. so from that point of view it's very disappointing to think that this is what he made for his eternal memorial. after he bit so many projects, huge projects in this country and in many other cities all around the mediterranean. >> are we 100% sure that this is herod sarcopagus? no, we are not. it is all about circumstantial evidence, if you would like. the debate on whether this is really king herod's tomb continues. >> not only does josephus tell us that he was buried here, and not only do we expect him to be buried at th...

Crimson and wore a diadem and beside his right hand lay his scepter. and they went toward herodium for it was there that the burial took place by his own order. and thus did herod end his life. ♪ but how should herod be remembered? as a great king who brought peace and stability or a blood-thirsty and paranoid tyrant who tried to kill the infant jesus? >> the gospel of matthew does such a good job painting the picture of a monster. that it's hard, even for modern skeptical readers to see anything other than the psycho path who slaughtered the innocent. >> i don't think the popular

>> i am king of the jews. >> the birth of a new king, basically, a royal pretender, to the throne is a threat to herod and herod is concerned. >> when he's looking for the child born king of the jews, his thought is i'm the king of the jews, herod is the king of the jews. who could this child be. >> please, don't leave. i need to consult my priests. >> according to matthew. herod orders his priest to find where prophesies say the messiah will be born. >> herod is jealous and threatened by jesus and there's a big ironny here. the king who has huge power is

And has her executed. >> almost immediately afterward, he regrets the decision. it's not just simple regret. it's a real deep depression. josephus records that herod actually almost kills himself from grief. >> he's increasing his jealousy and his paranoia. and increasingly becoming that monster that herod has mentioned. >> so by the time matthews gospel describes herod meeting after the birth of jesus, he's no longer an even handed ruler. now, according to the new testament, herod massacre, his target, the infant jesus.