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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=188399
Herod's Private Theater Discovered at Herodion
(Jerusalem Post) Zuzana Barak and Ben Hartman - In Gush Etzion this week, Prof. Ehud Netzer, under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology, announced the restoration of a royal box at King Herod's private theater at Herodion National Park. Netzer was immediately struck by an intricate pattern of wall paintings and plaster moldings in a style unusual for Israeli art at that time. "The box was decorated by Italian artists, sent to Herod probably by Marcus Agrippa," Netzer said, who dated the theater as constructed in 15 BCE. The royal box contains scenes of the countryside, the Nile River, a large boat with sails, and also trees, animals and human beings.