Ehud Netzer died at age 76 after a fall at Herodium on october 28, 2010. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement in memory of Netzer,"Netzer's tragic death is a loss for his family, for research into the heritage of Israel and for archaeology."
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The first century historian Josephus says that Herod "opened the sepulchre by night, and went into it, and ... found... furniture of gold, and those precious goods that were laid up there; all which he took away. However, he had a great desire to make a more diligent search, and to go further in, even as far as the very bodies of David and Solomon". As Herod desecrated the Tomb of David, so also have grave robbers destroyed Herod's tomb.
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