New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

Excavations suggested that the cave had little to no links to Jesus and that it could be the final resting place of Princess ...

Other accounts, mixed with remnants of history, fiction and fancy, suggest that the teenage Salome was the stepdaughter of King Herod, who had long been away from the empire, supposedly being ...

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Salome is a drama that oscillates between Judea in 30 A.D. to a kitsch New York in the 20th century. King Herod (Tomas Milian) is having a hard time. He is worried about the upstart Caesar, he's ...

Salome: Tragedy. By Oscar Wilde. Directed by Mark Jackson. (Through Oct. 1. Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. 90 minutes. Tickets: $38. Call (510) 843-4822 or go to www.auroratheatre.org ...

Recto, below: Salome dances in the foreground of a large hall with a long banquet table pictured behind her. Diners recline on couches surrounding the table, with King Herod at the head of the table ...

The first new Metropolitan Opera production of "Salome" in 20 years takes a ... psychological potential of the biblical tale — like the lecherous gaze of Salome’s stepfather, King Herod, ...

The composer himself once described Salome as "a 16-year-old princess with the voice of Wagner's Isolde." To paraphrase author Christopher Cook: The world waits.

Enter beautiful Princess Salome (Rita Hayworth), Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the King's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the King to her will.