On our trip into Bethlehem, we first stopped at the Herodian. Built by Herod and the site of his tomb. It was neat to travel through it all and see the remains of the great architecture.
Before leaving the site, we stopped by Herod's pool. As we were all running down, our teacher said you can't appreciate the size of it until you are in it. He was right.
In our group, we have a guy who is 6 foot 6. The walls reached well above his head. In the center there was an island, or other pool, that they
would take boats to.
One of the biggest things that got me about this pool was this: the biggest commodity in ancient times was water. To be able to control that much water, and for leisure purposes, just tells of the power Herod had.
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