Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

3-1980

Description

Originally this tomb has been ascribed to Absalom, the son of King David of Israel. Recent studies however point to it’s construction being sometime in the first century AD. A recent deciphering of a fourht century inscription suggests that the temple was uilt in honor of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Absalom
(accessed 1 Nov 2011)

Rights

This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

archeology, Tomb, cemeteries, historic

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