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"Tomb of the Kings" (Helena of Adiabene), Jerusalem
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem · Wider Abrahamic world
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Attested. The identification with Helena's tomb is the scholarly consensus. Reading the 'Sadan' inscription as Helena is likely but debated.
This photograph shows the modern city, or the Wikipedia lead subject, rather than the ancient site itself.
Pausanias and Josephus describe Helena's monumental tomb north of Jerusalem. It is identified with the 'Tomb of the Kings' excavated by de Saulcy in 1863. A sarcophagus inscribed in Aramaic 'Queen Sadan / Sadah' is in the Louvre.
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Helena of Adiabene
- Louis Félicien de Saulcy
Sources
- Tombs of the Kings (Jerusalem) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Ierusalem/Hierosolyma/Col. Aelia Capitolina (Pleiades place 687928)
Pleiades Gazetteer (CC BY 3.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
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