Tombs of Biblical Figures

Connected Sites: 8

WHS which contain a tomb attributed (correctly or by legend) to a "Biblical figure". Several figures "have" tombs in multiple locations according to different religious traditions. The "Bible" is defined as including any book in any Jewish or Christian tradition. Excluding partial "relics" held in reliquaries etc as opposed to a "tomb" supposedly containing a complete body.

Connected Sites

  • Vatican City
    Vatican City
    Holy See
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    613
    9
    St Peter's Cathedral - St James ("the Less") and St Philip. St Thaddeus is also known as St Jude and his remains are also claimed to be in St Peter's,
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    167
    6
    another supposed location of the Tomb of Daniel. The "Khodja Daniyar" mausoleum (an alternative tradition is that it is the tomb of an early muslim preacher) See
    See www.centralasia-travel.com
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Santiago de Compostela
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Traditionally the location of the relics of James, son of Zebedee
  • Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
    Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
    Palestine
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.13
    67
    5
    Hebron has the tombs of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Esau and Leah in the Cave of the Patriarchs
  • Ephesus
    Ephesus
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2015
    4.10
    268
    6
    Basilica of St John "stands over the believed burial site of John the Apostle" (Wiki). See
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    The Great Mosque - The tomb of Zechariah Father of John the Baptist (not to be confused with the Old Testament prophet of same/similar name). He is mentioned in both the Bible (Luke 1:67-79) and the Quran. Muslim tradition places his tomb in the Great Mosque of Aleppo. See
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Old City of Jerusalem
    Israel
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus)
  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles
    Armenian Monastic Ensembles
    Iran
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.28
    34
    4
    Supposed tomb of St Thaddeus