Entrance

ID: IJNTTG02

Entrance

View of the entrance to the Tomb of Grapes. The entrance is designed in a way to imitate the dwellings of the people who were buried here.

Note the two door posts, the horizontal lintel, the gabled roof and the three decorative acroteria on the "roof."

For a detail of the pediment Click Here.

For a brief description of this tomb Click Here.

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Keywords: Israel, Central, Jerusalem, Tomb of Grapes, Tombs, Second Temple, Burials, Entrance, Acroteria, Acroterium, Pediment
Entrance — Tomb of Grapes — Holy Land Photos