Bronze figurine of a Spartan warrior. Dated ca 510-500 BCE. The long hair and cloak would have been typical of a Spartan warrior but the transverse crest helmet suggests that this figurine portrays a leader. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut (1917.815).
Herodium, ambayo pia inaitwa Har Hordus (ikimaanisha "Mlima Herodes"), ni eneo la kiakiolojia na ngome ya jumba la kale, lililoko Ar-Rahniah katika Jangwa la Yudea kwenye Ukingo wa Magharibi. Herode I, anayejulikana pia kama Herode Mkuu alijenga jumba/ngome, pamoja na mji mdogo kati ya 23-15 KK. Herode alikuwa mfalme mteja wa Kirumi wa Yudea (unaojulikana kuwa ufalme wa Herode), ambapo aliagiza ujenzi wa miradi mingi mikubwa ya ujenzi, kama vile bandari ya Kaisaria Maritima, ngome ya Masada, Kaburi la Mababu huko Hebroni, na ukarabati wa Hekalu la Pili huko Yerusalemu.