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Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription
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Uzziah’s reinterment inscription, Jerusalem. King Uzziah (reigned 785–733 BCE) was a leper and therefore, according to the book of Chronicles, could not be buried in the royal tombs and so had to be…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Subjects:

Health, Monarchy, Jerusalem, Burial, Cemetery, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

Categories:

Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.
Tomb of Cyrus
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Tomb of Cyrus, King of Persia (reigned 559–530 BCE). The tomb stands in Cyrus’ capital, Pasargadae (near today’s Shiraz, Iran). See the Cyrus Cylinder for Cyrus’ role in the return of Judeans from…

Places:

Pasargadae, Iran (Fars, Iran)

Date:

530 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Cities, Burial
Photograph of stone tomb on top of tiered platform.