Slide Title
Preview
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.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Cemeteries -- Jewish cemeteries;
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: Kidron Valley, Absalom’s Pillar" (1980). Smolski Images. 736.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/736
Keywords
archeology, Tomb, cemeteries, historic
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Absalom
(accessed 1 Nov 2011)