Ancient pottery found 50 miles north of Tel Aviv, Israel, helps confirm the site once was a grand palace built by King Herod the Great, a University of Cincinnati archaeologist says.

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Barbara Burrell, a university research associate and assistant professor of classics who is the on-site field director at the excavation, said the pottery was found in an area thought to have been the main staircase at the palace.The pottery found at the palace dig dates from the reign of Herod, who ruled ancient Judea from 37 B.C. until his death during the early years of Christ.

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