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Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in 2007. The cisterns, a network of tunnels and water reservoir under the fortress.

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Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in 2007. The cisterns, a network of tunnels and water reservoir under the fortress.