1259. DECORATED ENTRANCE TO THE ‘SANHEDRIN’ CAVE. STONE CARVED JEWISH BURIAL CAVE IN JERUSALEM, DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. A.D.

1335. TIBERIAS, THE TOMB OF JOHANAH BEN-ZAKKAI, A FIRST C. SAGE FROM JAVNEH

1336. TIBERIAS, THE TOMB OF RABBI AKIVA THE GREAT SCOLAR AND TEACHER FROM GALILEE WHO WAS EXECUTED BY THE ROMANS IN 136 A.D.

1337. TIBERIAS, THE TOMB OF MAIMONIDES (MOSHE BEN MAIMON), THE FAMOUS 12TH. C. JEWISH DOCTOR AND SCOLAR

1393. JERUSALEM, A BURIAL CAVE WITH A ‘ROLLING STONE’ GATE, TRADITIONALY KNOWN AS AS ‘HEROD’S TOMB’

141. KING DAVID’S TOMB, HOLY PLACE ON MT. ZION TRADITIONALY BELIEVED TO BE THE BURIAL PLACE OF KING DAVID

1449. BETH SHEARIM (SOUTHERN GALILEE), JEWISH BURRIAL CAVES DATING FROM THE 5 – 6TH. C. AD. PIC: ENGRAVING OF A MENORAH’ AT THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE BURIAL CAVES ‘

1449. BETH SHEARIM (SOUTHERN GALILEE), JEWISH BURRIAL CAVES DATING FROM THE 5 – 6TH. C. AD. PIC: ENGRAVING OF A MENORAH’ AT THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE BURIAL CAVES ‘

1472. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. ORIGINAL COLOR FRESCOES OF MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY RESTORED

1473. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH COLORFUL FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS AS WELL AS SEVERAL INSCRIPTIONS

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1474. MARESHA, HELENISTIC PERIOD (3 -2ND C.A.D.) BURIAL CAVES CARVED IN THE CHALK-STONE. PIC: DETAIL OF ONE OF THE MANY FRESCOES OF MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS (RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN SITU)

1560. TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE TOMB OF JOSEPH IN SCHEM

1561. TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE TOMB OF JOSHUA IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SAMARIA

1562. TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE TOMB OF JOSHUA IN NORTHERN GALILEE

1565. THE TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE TOMS OF THE MACABEES IN MODIIN, THE JUDEAN HILLCOUNTRY

1612. THE TOMB OF THE ‘GARDEN’ OR THE ‘CALVARY’, INTERIOR OF THE BURIAL CAVE WITH STONE CARVED ‘BED’ FOR PLACING THE BODY AND BENCHES FOR THE MOURNERS

168. A ROCK HEWN STRUCTURE IN THE KIDRON VALLEY NEAR JERUSALEM TRADITIONALY CALLED THE ‘TOMB OF ABSALOM’, PROBABLY BUILT AT THE TIME OF KING HEROD THE GREAT

169. TOMBS OF THE KINGS, ROCK HEWN TOMBS IN JERUSALEM BUILT IN THE IST. C. AD. BY QUEEN HELENA.

169. TOMBS OF THE KINGS, ROCK HEWN TOMBS IN JERUSALEM BUILT IN THE IST. C. AD. BY QUEEN HELENA.

1712. JERUSALEM, ‘THE TOMB OF THE GRAPES’, STONE CARVED, DECORATED, JEWISH BURIAL CAVE, DATING FROM THE DAYS OF THE SECOND TEMPLE ‘

1712. JERUSALEM, ‘THE TOMB OF THE GRAPES’, STONE CARVED, DECORATED, JEWISH BURIAL CAVE, DATING FROM THE DAYS OF THE SECOND TEMPLE ‘

1713. JERUSALEM, THE TOMB OF THE GRAPES’, DETAILS OF THE STONE CARVED DECORATIONS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROCK CARVED TOMBS ‘

1790. TOMBS OF THE KINGS, ROCK HEWN TOMBS IN JERUSALEM BUILT IN THE IST. C. AD. BY QUEEN HELENA, INTERIOR

1790. TOMBS OF THE KINGS, ROCK HEWN TOMBS IN JERUSALEM BUILT IN THE IST. C. AD. BY QUEEN HELENA, INTERIOR

1865. ROCK CARVED TOMBS DATED TO THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD, BELIEVED TO BE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS OF JUDEA

1866. ROCK CARVED TOMBS DATED TO THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD, BELIEVED TO BE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS OF JUDEA. HEADREST CARVED INTO THE STONE OF SOME OF THE BENCHES ON WHICH THE BODY WAS PLACED

1867. ROCK CARVED TOMBS DATED TO THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD, BELIEVED TO BE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS OF JUDEA. BONE REPOSITORY UNDER ONE OF THE BENCHES

2095. OSSUARY DATING FROM 1ST. C. A.D. FOUND IN A BURIAL CAVE IN JERUSALEM. THE ENGRAVING ON THE OSSUARY MAY BE THE EARLYEST VIEW OF HEROD’S TEMPLE THROUGH IT’S OPEN PORTAL TO THE CLOSED DOORS OF THE SANCTUARY