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Double Burial Chamber in St. Étienne Cemetery
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Steps at the rear of this burial chamber in the St. Étienne cemetery lead up to a second, inner one, with rock-cut, tub-shaped burial places, perhaps intended for important members of the families who…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Archaeology, Jerusalem, Tombs, Cemetery

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Household Objects
Rectangular chamber in ground with steps and several doorways.
Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription
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Uzziah’s reinterment inscription, Jerusalem. King Uzziah (reigned 785–733 BCE) was a leper and therefore, according to the book of Chronicles, could not be buried in the royal tombs and so had to be…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Subjects:

Health, Burial, Monarchy, Jerusalem, Cemetery

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, History
Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.
Tombs from Ketef Hinnom Cemetery
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A group of elaborate tombs was found on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Hinnom Valley, including a cluster at Ketef Hinnom behind what is now the Menachem Begin Center. This is an artist's reconstruction of…

Places:

Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Archaeology, Cemetery, Jerusalem, Tombs

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Drawing of reconstructed tomb cutout of a chamber built along hills.
Burial Chamber from Ketef Hinnom Cemetery
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Shown here is a reconstructed burial chamber from Ketef Hinnom, on exhibit at the Israel Museum. There are ledges along the side and back walls, with low parapets visible along two of the ledges. A…

Places:

Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Archaeology, Jerusalem, Tombs, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Interior room with ledges, one of which holds a skeleton, and a floor covered with pottery.
Tomb of Pharaoh’s Daughter
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The cemetery in the village of Silwan, on the hill east of the City of David, included some aboveground tombs, cut out from the cliffs on three or four sides so that they look like buildings. These…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Jerusalem, Blessings & curses, Archaeology, Tombs

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Photograph of tomb on top of stone structures.