2096. INSCRIPTION READING ‘YEHOSAH’ IN ANCIENT HEBREW INSCRIBED ON AN OSSUARY FOUND IN A BURIAL CAVE IN JERUSALEM DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. A.D. ‘

2098. GREEK INSCRIPTION ‘ELISHEBA’ ON AN OSSUARY FROM A BURIAL CAVE IN JERUSALEM. IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, ELISHEBA IS THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST ‘

2352. NABLUS, SAMARIA – DECORATED STONE SARCOPHAGS IN A ROMAN MAUZOLEUM. THE PLACE HAS BEEN ROBBED AT SOME TIME AND MOST OF THE SARCOPHAGS CAN BE SEEN BROKEN

2352. NABLUS, SAMARIA – DECORATED STONE SARCOPHAGS IN A ROMAN MAUZOLEUM. THE PLACE HAS BEEN ROBBED AT SOME TIME AND MOST OF THE SARCOPHAGS CAN BE SEEN BROKEN

2353. DECORATED JEWISH STONE OSSUARY, ROMAN PERIOD

2353. DECORATED JEWISH STONE OSSUARY, ROMAN PERIOD

2353. DECORATED JEWISH STONE OSSUARY, ROMAN PERIOD

2361. STONE CARVED OSSUARYES FOUND IN ROMAN PERIOD BURIAL CAVES IN JERUSALEM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

2449. CRUSADER PERIOD TOMBS EXCAVATED IN JERUSALEM

283. ANTROPHOID SARCOPHAGUS FOUND IN BETH SHEAN DATING FROM 12TH-11TH. C. BC. NOTE THE TYPICAL PHILISTINE HAIRSTYLE

2891. JEWISH OSSUARY WITH THE NAME ‘CAIPHUS’ IN HEBREW, CARVED ON IT’S SIDE. FRONTAL VIEW. CAIAPHAS WAS THE HIGH PRIEST IN JERUSALEM AT THE TIME OF JESU’S TRIAL. THE OSSUARY WAS FOUND IN A JWEISH BURRIAL IN JERUSALEM

2919. CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS FROM A FRESCO FROM A BYZANTINE TOMB IN NORTHERN ISRAEL, NEAR ACRE

3056. THE TOMB OF ABBA HALAFTA AND HIS SONS. ABBA HALAFTA WAS A 2ND. C. AD. JEWISH TALMUDIST FROM GALILEE. THE TOMBS ARE LOCATED UNDER UNDER A HUGE OAK TREE IN CENTRAL GALILEE

3075. ‘ROLLING STONE’ AT THE ENTRANCE OF A ROCK HEWN 4-5TH. C. AD TOMB IN LOWER GALILEE ‘

3106. THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON MT. OF OLIVES, IT IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST JEWISH GRAVEYARD IN THE WORLD

3106. THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON MT. OF OLIVES, IT IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST JEWISH GRAVEYARD IN THE WORLD

3256. TOMB OF RABBI ISAAK LURIA (HA’ARI), 1534 – 1572, IN ZEFAT. LURIA WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTAL FIGURES IN THE KABALISTIC MOVEMENT. HIS GRAVE IS A VERY IMPORTANT SITE OF PILGRIMAGE AND VENERATION UNTIL THIS DAY

3256. TOMB OF RABBI ISAAK LURIA (HA’ARI), 1534 – 1572, IN ZEFAT. LURIA WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTAL FIGURES IN THE KABALISTIC MOVEMENT. HIS GRAVE IS A VERY IMPORTANT SITE OF PILGRIMAGE AND VENERATION UNTIL THIS DAY

3257. ZEFAT, THE OLD GRAVEYARD WITH THE TOMBS OF RABBI ISAAK LURIA -HA’ARI (RIGHT) AND HIS SON

3260. TOMB OF RABBI JOSEPH CARO (1488 – 1575), IN ZEFAT. CARO WAS A HIGHLY REVERED MYSTIC TALMUDIST, THE AUTHOR OF ‘SHULHAB ARUCH’

3263. ZEFAT, THE OLD CEMETERY SITE OF THE TOMBS OF OF THE HIGHLY REVERED 15TH AND 16TH C. TALMUDIC AND KABALISTIC RABBIS. THE PLACE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PILGRIMAGE SITE FOR RELIGIOUS JEWS TILL TODAY

3282. ROCK-HEWN BURIAL CAVE DATING FROM C. 3-4TH C. AD, NEAR THE MONASTERY OF ‘THE FIELD OF BLOOD’ (AKELDAMA), NEAR JERUSALEM 4019. LATE ROMAN, FRESCO DECORATED BURIAL CAVE ON MT. OF OLIVES

3356. ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF ISRAELITE PERIOD TOMBS AT ‘KATEF HINON’, NEAR MT. ZION IN JERUSALEM. PIC: HEADRESTS

3487. NAWAMIS – ROUND STONE BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE 5TH. MILLENNIUM BC AS BURRIAL CHAMBERS BY SOME UNKNOWN NOMADIC PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SINAI

3487. NAWAMIS – ROUND STONE BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE 5TH. MILLENNIUM BC AS BURRIAL CHAMBERS BY SOME UNKNOWN NOMADIC PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SINAI

3641. JEWISH TOMBSTONE INSCRIBED IN HEBREW AND DECORATED WITH THE SEVEN BRANCHED CANDELABRA DATING FROM C. 5TH. C. AD.LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE STONES WERE FOUND IN ZOAR NEAR THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE DEAD SEA

380. ROCK-HEWEN STRUCTURE IN THE KIDRON VALLEY, EAST OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT, BUILT IN THE FIRST C. BC. TRADITIONALY REGARDED AS THE TOMB OF ZEHARIAH

381. THE TOMBS OF BNEI HEZIR IN THE KIDRON VALLEY NEAR JERUSALEM. BNEI HEZIR WERE A FAMILY OF PRIESTS FROM FIRST C. BC. JERUSALEM

3998.RED PAINTED, JEWISH OSSUARY FROM A BURIAL CAVE IN JERICHO, C. 1-2 C AD

4001. DECORATED, STONE CARVED ROMAN SARCOPHAG, C. 1-3 C. AD

4003. NABATEAN TOMBSTONE, C. 4-5TH. C AD

4006. CONICAL SHAPED (TUBULI) TOMBS DATING FROM THE PERSIAN PERIOD, C. 5-4TH. C. BC, JORDAN VALLEY

4007. DECORATED STONE SARCOPHAGS FROM BETH SHEARIM, A 5TH. C. AD BURIAL CAVE IN NORTH ISRAEL