Slide Title

Jerusalem: Kidron Valley, Absalom’s Pillar

Photographer/Creator

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)

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