Herod's family tomb, with or without upper-case initials, can refer to several sites identified at different times as the burial structures of the immediate...

"Discovering Herod's Israel", The New York Times. Accessed 7 May 2013. Haaretz Staff; Barkat, Amiram (7 May 2007). "Archeologist: King Herod's tomb desecrated...

late 2010. The royal theatre was uncovered near the base of Herod's tomb (see Herod Family Tomb). The theatre contained an elaborately decorated loggia,...

Ehud Netzer, "Herod's Family Tomb in Jerusalem", in BAR Magazine, May/June 1983, with sidebar: "Traditional" Tomb of Herod’s Family. Accessed 25 July...

grandson of Herod the Great, based in part on the similarity to Herod's newly discovered tomb at Herodium. Archeologically, the so-called "Tomb of Absalom"...

Jean-Philippe (2011). "Chapter 11: A Relative Chronology of Herod's Coins". The Coins of Herod: A Modern Analysis and Die Classification. Ancient Judaism...

beautifully rock-cut tombs known in the Jerusalem area even when compared with tombs of later periods." In contrast with the extensive family tombs of later periods...

The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument in Jerusalem that is considered in Jewish tradition to be the tomb of Zechariah ben Jehoiada. It is...

David's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר דוד המלך Kever David Ha-Melekh; Arabic: مقام النبي داود Maqam Al-Nabi Daoud) is a site that, according to a Medieval (9th century)...

Jean-Baptiste Humbert has concluded that the tomb was likely designed for Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great. The site is located east of the...

the Tomb of the Virgin Mary, the Grotto of Gethsemane, and the nearby tomb of the medieval historian Mujir ed-Din, and further south are the tombs of Absalom...

The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi (Arabic: قبور الأنبياء, romanized: Qubūr al-ʾAnbiyyāʾ} lit. 'Graves (of) the Prophets'; Hebrew:...

Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary (Hebrew: קבר מרים; (Arabic: قبر السيدة العذراء مريم; Greek: Τάφος της Παναγίας; Armenian:...

It is named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust...

Amid the famine from the long siege, King Herod the Great commits suicide. Many of the Jews, following Herod's lead, commit mass suicide. The Jews agree...

Herzl Tombs Cave of Nicanor Cave of the Ramban David's Tomb Jason's Tomb Herod Family Tomb Holy Sepulchre Silwan necropolis Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Benei...

of the Ramban David's Tomb Garden Tomb Herod Family Tomb Holy Sepulchre Jason's Tomb Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Simeon the Just Tomb of the Prophets Haggai...

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...

this and other inscriptions, and Gladys Dickson's detailed report on the tomb complex illustrated with plans by Macalister. Gray Hill gave the ossuary...

was crucified at Calvary, or Golgotha, and the location of Jesus's empty tomb, where he was buried and resurrected. Both locations are considered immensely...

Tombs of the Sanhedrin (Hebrew: קברי הסנהדרין, Kivrei HaSanhedrin), also Tombs of the Judges, is an underground complex of 63 rock-cut tombs located in...

University of Jerusalem. His master's thesis, completed in 1995, focused on tombs and burial practices in Jerusalem during the late Second Temple period and...

John the Baptist for stating that Herod's marriage to her was unlawful. Herodias's daughter had danced before Herod at his birthday celebration, and in...

ancient rock-cut tombs in Silwan is finely carved, the one known as the Tomb of Pharaoh's daughter. Another notable tomb, called the Tomb of the Royal Steward...

biblical era. However, the evidence points to the appropriation of a tomb from the Herod family. If there was a memorial to Rachel in Bethlehem during the late...

whereabouts of his son (who was in hiding), and he was therefore murdered by Herod's soldiers. This account is also present in subsequent Eastern Orthodox tradition...

Herzl Tombs Cave of Nicanor Cave of the Ramban David's Tomb Jason's Tomb Herod Family Tomb Holy Sepulchre Silwan necropolis Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Benei...

after Herod had died, the holy family returns from Egypt. Most scholarship places the date of Herod's death around 4 BCE. Upon learning that Herod Archelaus...

Har HaMenuchot involve couples. Stone monuments must be paid for by the family of the deceased. The burial societies recoup their development costs and...

The Talpiot Tomb (or Talpiyot Tomb) is a rock-cut tomb discovered in 1980 in the East Talpiot neighborhood, five kilometers (three miles) south of the...