Herodion in Wikipedia

Herodium or Herodion (from Ancient Greek: Ἡρώδειον; Hebrew: הרודיון‎, Arabic: هيروديون‎, Jabal al-Fraidees) is a volcano- like hill with a truncated cone located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Jerusalem, and it is part of Gush Etzion Regional Council. Herod the Great built a fortress and palace on the top of Herodium, and may have been buried there. Herodium is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level...