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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.
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.