The Magi arrived at Herod’s palace in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”. Herod immediately feared a threat to his rule and was keen to locate the baby.

Herod built an elaborate palace fortress on the 300-foot mountain ... I drive partway up the mountain to the parking lot where I will meet Netzer. In the early 1980s, before the first intifada ...

Photograph by Borchi Massimo/Fototeca 9x12 Palace intrigues and dynastic plots fueled a growing sense of paranoia in Herod. Some may have been genuine, but others were the fruit of Herod’s vivid ...