Tombs of the Prophets in Wikipedia
The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
(Arabic: Qubur el Anbia) is located on the upper slope of
the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. According to
Jewish and Christian tradition, the catacomb is believed to
be the burial place of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the
last three Hebrew Bible prophets who are believed to have
lived during the 5th-6th centuries BCE.
The entrance to the large rock-cut burial cave is on the
western side, where a staircase descends, flanked on both
sides by a stone balustrade, down to the central hall.[1]
The chamber forms two concentric passages containing 38
burial niches.[2] Research shows that the complex actually
dates from the 1st-centruy BCE, when these style of tombs
came into use for Jewish burial. Some Greek inscriptions
discovered at the site suggest the cave was re-used to bury
foreign Christians during the 4th and 5th centuries CE.[3]
The site has been venerated by the Jews since medieval
times, and they often visited the site.[4][1][5] In the late
19th-century, a Russian priest tried to purchase the
location in order to build a church over the site. The sale
was prevented due to a protest to the Turkish government by
the Jews who contested the plan.[6]
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