classicalmonuments:Makta Abouds West Tomb (Aboud’s quarry, מַקַטַע-עַבּוּד)Judea, Israel1st century
classicalmonuments:Makta Abouds West Tomb (Aboud’s quarry, מַקַטַע-עַבּוּד)Judea, Israel1st century CEThe tombs in Makta Aboud were incorporated into an ancient quarry that spans several hundred meters and was in ancient times a major stone source for the construction of the neighboring village houses, Aboud. Hence the name of the site - ‘Makta Aboud’ which means in Hebrew ‘Aboud’s quarry’. There are about 20 graves on the site, most notably two monumental tombs about 30 meters apart:The western and largest of the two, had a decorated Doric facade distyle in-antiswith both pillars missing today. The frieze was richly decoarted with rosettes, wreaths and grape clusters. The spacious entrance had two openings hewn in its wallsleading to burial chambers. The doorway in the front leads to a square room with nine hewn planks and the door to the right leads to a burial chamber.Some of the burial chambers and Niches are decorated in Stucco in different colors and it is evident that this was a particularly rich population.These graves were used for the burial of Jews at the end of the Second Temple period. This area is part of the Land of Judea and was inhabited by a Jewish population from the end of the Second Temple period until the Bar-Kokhba revolt.1, 2, 3, 4 -- source link