Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . Jk. w » 8 « Aor fM- s^c 79 ness is such,that the prudent traveler gives the placea wide birth after nightfall. ANCIENT TOMBS. Just above this village in the side of the hill aremany tombs and vaults. Among them are those of Zacheas, Absalom, andthe cave of St. James. The tomb of Zacheas is cut in the rock, and therewas in front of i
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . Jk. w » 8 « Aor fM- s^c 79 ness is such,that the prudent traveler gives the placea wide birth after nightfall. ANCIENT TOMBS. Just above this village in the side of the hill aremany tombs and vaults. Among them are those of Zacheas, Absalom, andthe cave of St. James. The tomb of Zacheas is cut in the rock, and therewas in front of it four Doric columns supporting acornice and a pyramidal roof (18 feet high over all).The cave of St. James is ornamented with a porticoin front, havino; four columns cut from the nativerock. Tradition says that James, the brother ofJesus, retired to this cave after the Crucifixion. The tomb of Absalom is the most noted of thesevalley tombs, and is also cut from the solid dome on the roof is peculiar, terminating in afoliated tuft. The Mohammedans have idealized thisinto a monument of the hateful ingratitude of Absa-lom, whose example is held up as a fearful warningto all disobedient sons; therefore every passer-byis supposed to cast a stone at i
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