The Garden Tomb is an ancient rock-cut tomb surrounded by a garden, right outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem, that functions as a site of Christian pilgrimage attracting hundreds of thousands of a
The entrance to the rock-cut tomb
A sketch of Skull Hill created in 1889 by B. H. Harris. The caption below it reads: THE GREEN HILL, FROM THE CITY WALL; Jeremiah's Grotto.
Skull Hill as seen in 1901 from the northern walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
A view of Jeremiah's Grotto and Skull Hill from the south c. 1900
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered a holy city
Garden Tomb
…Hebrew) The entrance to the rock-cut tomb Interactive map of Garden Tomb Type Rock-cut tomb Periods Iron Age II Cultures Kingdom of Judah Location Jerusalem History Built 8th–7th century BC Site notes Owner Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association Public access Yes Website gardentomb.com The Garden Tomb (Arabic…
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