Tomb of Zechariah

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Christian holy site Jewish holy site ancient monument rock-cut tomb tourist attraction

The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient, monolithic stone monument and traditional burial site in Jerusalem’s Kidron Valley, notable for its striking rock-cut architecture and religious significance in Jewish and Christian traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tomb of Zechariah canonical	5
Tomb of Zechariah monument	1
Tomb of the Hasmoneans	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3039830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tomb of Zechariah
Context triple: [Tomb of Benei Hezir, adjacentTo, Tomb of Zechariah]

A. Tomb of Benei Hezir
The Tomb of Benei Hezir is an ancient rock-cut burial monument in Jerusalem, notable for its Hebrew inscription and association with a priestly family from the Second Temple period.
B. Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess
The Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess is a major Jewish pilgrimage site in Tiberias, Israel, revered as the burial place of the famed Talmudic sage and miracle worker Rabbi Meir.
C. Tomb of Pennut
The Tomb of Pennut is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb in Nubia belonging to the official Pennut, notable for its well-preserved reliefs and relocation during the Nubian salvage campaigns.
D. Tomb of Absalom
The Tomb of Absalom is an ancient monumental rock-cut structure in Jerusalem traditionally associated with Absalom, the rebellious son of King David, and notable for its distinctive blend of Hellenistic and Near Eastern architectural styles.
E. Tomb of Maimonides
The Tomb of Maimonides is a revered Jewish pilgrimage site and burial place of the medieval philosopher and legal scholar Moses Maimonides, located in the city of Tiberias in Israel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tomb of Zechariah
Target entity description: The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient, monolithic stone monument and traditional burial site in Jerusalem’s Kidron Valley, notable for its striking rock-cut architecture and religious significance in Jewish and Christian traditions.

A. Tomb of Benei Hezir
The Tomb of Benei Hezir is an ancient rock-cut burial monument in Jerusalem, notable for its Hebrew inscription and association with a priestly family from the Second Temple period.
B. Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess
The Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess is a major Jewish pilgrimage site in Tiberias, Israel, revered as the burial place of the famed Talmudic sage and miracle worker Rabbi Meir.
C. Tomb of Pennut
The Tomb of Pennut is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb in Nubia belonging to the official Pennut, notable for its well-preserved reliefs and relocation during the Nubian salvage campaigns.
D. Tomb of Absalom
The Tomb of Absalom is an ancient monumental rock-cut structure in Jerusalem traditionally associated with Absalom, the rebellious son of King David, and notable for its distinctive blend of Hellenistic and Near Eastern architectural styles.
E. Tomb of Maimonides
The Tomb of Maimonides is a revered Jewish pilgrimage site and burial place of the medieval philosopher and legal scholar Moses Maimonides, located in the city of Tiberias in Israel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian holy site ⓘ Jewish holy site ⓘ ancient monument ⓘ rock-cut tomb ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
access	no internal burial chamber accessible ⓘ
adjacentTo	Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Hellenistic architecture ⓘ classical architecture ⓘ
category	Christian pilgrimage sites ⓘ Jewish pilgrimage sites ⓘ Second Temple period sites in Jerusalem ⓘ Tombs in Jerusalem ⓘ
constructionType	monolithic monument ⓘ rock-cut architecture ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
estimatedDateOfConstruction	1st century BCE ⓘ early 1st century CE ⓘ
function	commemorative monument ⓘ funerary monument ⓘ
hasPart	Ionic columns ⓘ decorated entablature ⓘ monolithic block base ⓘ pyramid-shaped roof ⓘ rock-cut façade ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptions	no known ancient inscription identifying the buried person ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem Governorate ⓘ Kidron Valley ⓘ Middle East ⓘ State of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israel
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ monolithic rock ⓘ
near	Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site Temple Mount ⓘ
overlooks	Kidron Valley ⓘ
partOf	necropolis of the Kidron Valley ⓘ
period	Second Temple period ⓘ linked to: Second Temple Judaism
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
traditionallyAssociatedWith	Zechariah son of Jehoiada ⓘ biblical priest Zechariah ⓘ linked to: Zechariah
UNESCOSiteId	148 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1981 ⓘ
usedFor	Christian devotional visits ⓘ Jewish prayer gatherings ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ
visibleFrom	Mount of Olives ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tomb of Benei Hezir → adjacentTo → Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ

John Hyrcanus I → burialPlace → Tomb of the Hasmoneans ⓘ

linked to: Tomb of Zechariah

Har HaZeitim → contains → Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ

necropolis of the Kidron Valley → hasPart → Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ

Yad Avshalom → adjacentTo → Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ

Pillar of Absalom → near → Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ

Tombs of the Prophets → near → Tomb of Zechariah monument ⓘ