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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

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Remains of King Herod's Palace, near Bethlehem, Palestine (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Genuinely amazing. The hill is thought to be artificial, too.

I think the Trial Before Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) was shot at the Herodium, slightly ironically. The web says Beit She'an, but nothing marries up for that scene.