Herod's tomb buoys Gospel scholars. New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) | May 12, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

THE discovery this week of the tomb of King Herod will thrill the dedicated band of scholars and writers who see every scrap of archaeological evidence that surfaces from the Holy Land of 2000 years ago as another opportunity to unpick the Authorised Version in the New Testament of Jesus' life and death.

Already buoyed by the global success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, they will now set about testing the legend of Herod handed down by the Christian Gospels against the artefacts unearthed at the site of Herodion, Herod's final resting place south of Jerusalem.

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