FROM EHUD NETZER, HASMONEAN AND HERODIAN PALACES AT JERICHO, VOL. 3, JERUSALEM: IES, 2002, PLATE I/BY PERMISSION OF THE ISRAEL EXPLORATION SOCIETY

KING ALEXANDER JANNAEUS had his Fortified Palace built on top of a larger Buried Palace at Tulul Abu al-‘Alayiq. Ehud Netzer’s excavations in Jericho revealed a tell with the royal palace (above, right) and the Pools Complex (above, left).