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Nahal Kidron - Walk Along a Path with Ancient Tombs Along the Way
In Hebrew: נחל קדרון- הליכה על שביל עם קברים עתיקים בדרך
A walking route along a concrete path east of the Old City of Jerusalem. There are ancient tombs along the way. Part of the "Jerusalem Trail".
We don't have information yet about: Water and springs, Lookout, Shaded, Parking, Public transport, Restrooms, Always open
Covered? Lit?
Not covered and not lit
More about the place
In this section of Nahal Kidron, at the foot of the western slope of the Mount of Olives and facing the Temple Mount, stand burial monuments from the Second Temple period: the Cave of Jehoshaphat, Yad Avshalom, the Tomb of Benei Hezir, and the Tomb of Zechariah. Yad Avshalom rises to a height of nearly 20 meters, its lower part hewn into the bedrock and its roof shaped like a cone; despite its name, scholars date it to the 1st century CE, centuries after King David's son Avshalom. The Tomb of Zechariah is a solid rock monolith topped by a pyramid, and next to it is the Tomb of Benei Hezir, above whose facade is an inscription engraved with the names of the members of the Hezir family of kohanim who were buried there.
Sources (in Hebrew): ויקיפדיה: מצבות נחל קדרון, ויקיפדיה: יד אבשלום
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