Herod the Great's Tomb Recreation: about 12 inches long and 4 inches wide. Herod was born about 74 BC and died in 4 BC. The location of Herod's tomb is documented by Josephus, who writes, "And the body was carried two hundred furlongs, to Herodium, where he had given order to be buried."(Wars 5.33.1)It took thirty-five years for Ethud Netzer to identify the exact location, but on May 7, 2007, an Israeli team of archaeologists of Hebrew University, led by Netzer, announced they had discovered the tomb.[76][77][78][79] The site is located at the exact location given by Josephus, atop tunnels and water pools, at a flattened desert site, halfway up the hill to Herodium. Wikipedia