This is the first volume in the series of Final Reports of the 1972–2010 Excavations Directed by Ehud Netzer. This volume presents the stratigraphy and architecture in the area of Herod’s tomb precinct, the pottery assemblages and other small finds including, among others, glass, metal and bone artifacts, coins, weapons and inscriptions, as well as a study of the sarcophagi and a proposed reconstruction of the mausoleum and its architectural decoration. Twenty- five authors contributed to this volume.