Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery

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Jewish cemetery

The Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery is one of the oldest and most significant Jewish burial grounds in the world, located on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives and traditionally associated with Jewish eschatological beliefs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives	4
Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery canonical	3

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish cemetery ⓘ
adjacentTo	Mount of Olives ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
age	ancient ⓘ
associatedWith	Jewish eschatology ⓘ Messianic era in Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ belief in the resurrection of the dead ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
culturalContext	central to Jewish connection with Jerusalem ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important site in Jewish funeral customs ⓘ symbol of Jewish continuity in Jerusalem ⓘ
governedBy	Jerusalem municipality (in practice, various religious and municipal bodies) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	ancient tombs ⓘ family burial plots ⓘ memorial monuments ⓘ modern graves ⓘ rabbinic graves ⓘ
hasView	panoramic view of Jerusalem ⓘ
heritage	Jewish heritage site ⓘ
linkedTo	Jewish burial customs in the Land of Israel ⓘ Jewish mourning practices ⓘ biblical traditions about the Mount of Olives ⓘ
locatedIn	East Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ
location	Mount of Olives NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Gethsemane NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidron Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	graves of Jewish leaders ⓘ graves of historical Jewish figures ⓘ graves of prominent rabbis ⓘ
overlooks	Old City of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Mount of Olives landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
significance	one of the most important Jewish burial grounds ⓘ one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the world ⓘ
status	active cemetery ⓘ
tourism	site of religious pilgrimage ⓘ visited by Jewish pilgrims ⓘ visited by tourists to Jerusalem ⓘ
tradition	traditional burial place for Jews wishing to be near the site of resurrection ⓘ
traditionallyBelieved	to be the place where resurrection will begin in the Messianic age ⓘ
traditionallyUsedSince	ancient times ⓘ
usedFor	Jewish burials ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

At-Tur neighborhood → adjacentTo → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

Har HaZeitim → contains → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Yad Avshalom → nearby → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

Gate of Mercy → near → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Bab al-Rahma → near → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Tomb of Zechariah → adjacentTo → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem → overlooks → Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives