Tomb of Zechariah [SEP] named after
body.
The style of the construction, which includes Hellenistic details such as Ionic columns, is similar to that of the Tomb of Benei Hezir, and several authors think that they are near-contemporary with one another; scholars specialising in funerary practices and monuments have ascribed a first-century CE date to the tomb. It has been proposed that the "Tomb of Zechariah" is actually the "nefesh" (a Jewish funerary monument similar to the Greek "stele") for the Tomb of Benei Hezir, which
Road.
Along the eastern edge of the Old City, the now named Jericho Road descends into the Kidron Valley, also known by its biblical name, the Valley of Josaphat. The valley is the site of many tombs: the Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Pillar of Absalom, the Tomb of Benei Hezir, the Tomb of Zechariah, the tomb of Josaphat and the tomb of Saint James.
The road then runs along the bottom of the Mount of Olives and continues through the Ras al-Amud