4008. JEWISH BURIAL CAVES AT BETH SHEARIM DATING FROM THE 5-6TH. C. AD WITH DECORATED SARCOPHAGS IN SITU

4009. BETH SHEARIM 5-6TH. C. JEWISH BURIAL CAVES. ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE MANY CAVES

4009. BETH SHEARIM 5-6TH. C. JEWISH BURIAL CAVES. ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE MANY CAVES

4013. THE DRUZE HOLY TOMB OF NEBI SHUEB NEAR TIBERIAS

4013. THE DRUZE HOLY TOMB OF NEBI SHUEB NEAR TIBERIAS

4016. ANCIENT BURIAL CAVES OF UNKNOWN ORIGION NEHT TO THE TOMB OF ZEHARIAH IN THE KIDRON VALLEY

4018.STONE CARVED BURIAL CAVE, JERUSALEM, SANHEDRIA, C. 1ST. C. AD

4149. THE MONASTERY OF MARTYRIUS DATING FROM THE 5TH. C. AD, EAST OF JERUSALEM.. TOMB STONE FOUND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CENTRAL CHURCH. THE GREEK INSCRIPTION READS: ‘TOMB OF PAULUS PRESBITERUS AND ARCHIMANDRITE’

4262. THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET HABAKUK IN TEHERAN

4431. ZEFAT, THE TOMB OF SHEM AND EVER

4450. ROCK CARVED BURRIAL CAVES DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. AD LOCATED ON THE HILL OF ‘HAKEL DAMMA’ (THE LAND OF BLOOD) SOUTH OF JERUSALEM NEAR THE KIDRON VALLEY.

4450. ROCK CARVED BURRIAL CAVES DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. AD LOCATED ON THE HILL OF ‘HAKEL DAMMA’ (THE LAND OF BLOOD) SOUTH OF JERUSALEM NEAR THE KIDRON VALLEY. THE NICHES CONTAINED OSSUARYES WITH THE BONES OF THE DECEASED.

4451. ROCK CARVED BURRIAL CAVES DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. AD LOCATED ON THE HILL OF ‘HAKEL DAMMA’ (THE LAND OF BLOOD) SOUTH OF JERUSALEM NEAR THE KIDRON VALLEY. THE DECEASED WAS PLACED ON SPECIALY CARVED SHELVES AND WHEN THE BODY BECAME A SKELETON THE BONES WERE PLACED IN SPECIALLY CARVED AND DECORATED OSSUARYES. THIS […]

4453. OSSUARY FOUND IN A ROCK CARVED FAMILY TOMB NEAR JERUSALEM DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. AD.THE GREEK INSCRIPTION MENTIONS THE NAME “MIRIAM”

4455. DECORATED OSSUARYES DATING FROM C. 1ST. C. AD FOUND IN JEWISH BURRIAL CAVES NEAR JERUSALEM

4456. OSSUARY INSCRIBED IN DECORATIVE HEBREW: ‘YOSEH’

4898. TIBERIAS, TOMB OF RABBI LUCATO

506. THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB OF RABBI GAMLIEL IN BETH SHEARIM DATING FROM THE 5TH. C. AD. GAMLIEL WAS A FAMOUS TEACHER, SCOLAR AND HEAD OF THE SANHEDRIN

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508. THE TOMB OF KING HIRAM AT BIBLOS

“5177. Ossuary with human bones. The deceased was placed in a niche (koh) in a rock hewn tomb. After about one year, when the body had decomposed, the bones were collected and placed in an ossuary which was placed into the same or another rock hewn tomb structure next to several other ossuaries usually belonging […]

520. JERICHO – ROMAN PERIOD JEWISH BURRIAL CAVE WITH OSSUARIES

520. JERICHO – ROMAN PERIOD JEWISH BURRIAL CAVE WITH OSSUARIES

5257. The tomb of Joseph of Arimathea located in the Strian Chapel at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. According to all four Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea was a secret disciple of Jesus, whose body he buried in his own tomb. Virtuous and rich, he held a high office, and gained Pontius Pilate’s permission to […]

4453. OSSUARY FOUND IN A ROCK CARVED FAMILY TOMB NEAR JERUSALEM DATING FROM THE 1ST. C. AD.THE HEBREW INSCRIPTION MENTIONS THE NAME ‘JOSHUA’

5269. Stone ossuary from a tomb near Jerusalem with a cross engraving, late Roman period

herod hordus tomb burial burrial herodium

herod hordus tomb burial burrial herodium

yohanan ossuary burrial burial tomb inscription

552. ROMAN PERIOD BURIAL CAVES WITH DECORATED OSSUARIES FOUND ON THE MT. OF OLIVES

552. ROMAN PERIOD BURIAL CAVES WITH DECORATED OSSUARIES FOUND ON MT. OF OLIVES

554. SARCOPHAGUS MADE OF LEAD BEARING JEWISH SYMBOLS, FOUND IN BETH SHEARIM DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD.