Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: הר הזיתים,
Har HaZeitim ;Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور, Jebel az-Zeitun)
is a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem with three peaks
running from north to south.[1] The highest, at-Tur, rises
to 818 meters (2,683 ft).[2] It is named for the olive
groves that covers its slopes. The Mount of Olives is
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From Biblical times until today, Jews have been buried on the Mount of Olives. The necropolis on the southern ridge, the location of the modern village of Silwan, was the burial place of the city's most important citizens in the period of the Biblical kings.[3] There are an estimated 150,000 graves on the Mount, including tombs traditionally associ...
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The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: הר הזיתים, Har HaZeitim ;Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور, Jebel az-Zeitun) is a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south.[1] The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters (2,683 ft).[2] It is named for the olive groves that covers its slopes. The Mount of Olives is associa...
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