Monolith of Silwan

The Monolith of Silwan, also known as the Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter, is a cuboid rock-cut tomb located in the , in , dating from the period of the Kingdom of Judah.
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Photo: דניאל צבי, Public domain.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Rock-cut tomb located in Silwan, Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Tomb of Pharaoh’s daughter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Rock.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of . is situated 330 metres northwest of Monolith of Silwan.

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. is situated 510 metres northwest of Monolith of Silwan.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in the Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 460 metres northwest of Monolith of Silwan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maale HaZeitim and Silwan.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Suburb
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or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Locality
Photo: Mewasul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Monolith of Silwan

Latitude
31.77418° or 31° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.23823° or 35° 14′ 18″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6FQ+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Monolith of Silwan” goes by many names.

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