My Way News - Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
AP reports: "Herod was the Jewish proxy ruler of the Holy Land under imperial Roman occupation from 37 B.C. and reigned for more than six decades. He is known to have had a taste for extravagance. [...] The Herod of Christian tradition was a bloodthirsty megalomanic, who flew into a frenzy when he met the three wise men on the way to Bethlehem carrying gifts for the baby Jesus and telling of the birth of a new king of Israel. Herod purportedly ordered the slaying of all children in his realm younger than 2. But historians are not convinced of the story's accuracy."