Qubur Bani Isra'in

Qubur Bani Isra'in
Shown within West Bank
Location West Bank
Coordinates
Type tomb
History
Material local stone

Qubur Bani Isra'in (trans. "Tombs of the Children of Israel"), are huge stone structures which rise from a rocky plateau overlooking Wadi Qelt, about 3.5 miles northeast of Jerusalem along Highway 437 near Pisgat Zeev.[1]

Dimensions

The megaliths, measuring 50 by 10 feet (15 by 3.0 m), form rectangular walled structures, two or three rows of whose gigantic, rough-hewn stones are still carefully in place.[1] There were originally five, but one was demolished to make way for the Ramallah bypass road erected in the late 1980s.[2]

According to one theory, they mark the site of an ancient Jewish burial ground in the territory of Benjamin.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Tombs of the Children of Israel, goisrael.com
  2. ^ Etshalom , Yitzchak. Kever Rachel: The "Northern Theory"
  3. ^ Where are the Israelite Burials From the Wilderness Wanderings?

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