Author
Avni; G. ; Greenhut; Z.
Year
1996
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______
Language
English
Pages
40
Last Update
13-Oct-2025
Keywords
Archaeology
The confluence of the Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, south of the Old City of Jerusalem, contains one of Jerusalem’s richest concentrations of rock-hewn tombs. This area, located on the periphery of the village of Silwan (Fig. 1.1), was one of the main burial grounds of Jerusalem in the First Temple period (Ussishkin 1993). Numerous tombs were hewn in the lower Kidron Valley basin in the Second Temple period (Kloner 1980:60–66; Fig. 1.2). Several of these were reused much later, either for burial or as shelters for hermits and monks of the large monastic communities which inhabited the Kidron Valley...
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