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The Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום, romanized: Yad Avshalom, lit. 'Absalom's Memorial'), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, a few metres from the Tomb of Zechariah and the Tomb of Benei Hezir.
The authentic tomb of David is probably a cave noted as 'T1' in a former Roman-era quarry outside of the modern city walls. [20] [21] Absalom: Yad Avshalom, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem: Archaeologists have dated the tomb to the first century CE. Its association with Absalom only dates from the 12th century. [22]
Absalom's Tomb consists of two parts. First, a lower cube hewn out of the bedrock, decorated with engaged Ionic columns bearing a Doric frieze and crowned by an Egyptian cornice. [7] This part of the monument contains a small chamber with an entrance and two arcosolia (arched funeral niches) and constitutes the actual tomb. [7]
Talpiot Tomb: Taur Ikhbeineh [122] [123] Ti'inik: Taanach [124] Timnah: Tel Batash [125] Timna Valley: Tomb of Absalom: Absalom's Pillar Tomb of Benjamin: Tomb of Benei Hezir: Tomb of Joshua: Tombs of the Kings: Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: Tomb of Samuel: Nebi Samwil Tombs of the Sanhedrin: Tomb of Zechariah [126] Tower ...
Yad Avshalom in Kidron Valley. Standing among a group of tombs in Jerusalem, the tomb of Absalom is an important example of Late Second Temple funerary architecture. To the lower left of the entrance to the tomb, the word nephesh is inscribed in Greek.
Absalom's Memorial. The Kidron Valley which is also located on the grounds of the National Park consists of a number of burial constructions, including Tomb of Absalom and Tomb of Zechariah. Under the northern wall, between the Damascus Gate and Herod's Gate, is a site called Zedekiah's Cave. Researchers believe that this was a quarry from ...
Talpiot Tomb; Tancred's Tower; Temple Mount Sifting Project; Tomb of Absalom; Tomb of Benei Hezir; Tomb of the Prophets; Tomb of Zechariah; Tombs of the Kings (Jerusalem)
The Tomb of Benei Hezir (Hebrew: קבר בני חזיר), previously known as the Tomb of Saint James, is the oldest of four monumental rock-cut tombs that stand in the Kidron Valley, adjacent to the Tomb of Zechariah and a few meters from the Tomb of Absalom. It dates to the period of the Second Temple. It is a complex of burial caves.