The Tombs of the Kings are a collection of rock cut tombs in East Jerusalem believed to be the burial site of Queen Helene of Adiabene. The tombs are located 820 meters north of Jerusalem's Old City walls in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. The grandeur of the site led to the mistaken belief that the tombs had once been the burial place of the kings of Judah, hence the name Tombs of the Kings; but the Queen chose the site to bury her son Isates and others of her dynasty. She died in 50 BC and is buried in the pyramidal tomb which she had constructed during her lifetime, north of Jerusalem.

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Location: Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Jerusalem, Israel
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