WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biblical Archaeology Society announces the publication of “In Search of Herod’s Tomb” by Ehud Netzer in the January/February 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). The first-century Jewish historian Josephus tells us that the site of Herodium was the final resting place of the skilled builder and hated king Herod the Great (known also from the infancy narratives of the Gospels), but Josephus failed to identify the exact location of the tomb. For 35 years, Herod’s tomb eluded Hebrew University archaeologist Ehud Netzer. Finally in 2007 a ruined mausoleum and a smashed sarcophagus were uncovered, providing the long-sought answer. And excavations at Herod’s magnificent eponymous desert retreat have