382 THE HOLY LAND. 
^?i^^- of the other two, is deemed sufficient by Pococke 
MIL "^ 
^ -y- ' to identify the place alluded to by the Jewish 
historian. Indeed it seems evident, that by the 
'' Royal Caves' nothing more is intended by 
Josephus than the regal Sepulchre of Helena he 
had before mentioned ; thus repeated under a 
different appellation. " The third wall,'' says he ', 
'* began at the tower Hippicus ; whence extending to 
the north, to the toiver Psephinus ; then reaching 
onivard, opposite to the Sepulchres of Helena, queen 
of Adiahene, and mother of king Izates ; and being 
prolonged by the Royal Caves (i. e. Cryptae of 
Helenas sepulchres,) it bent, iviih a tower at the 
corner, near the monument called the Fullers'' 
The Historian, in this passage, is not necessarily 
referring to two distinct places of burial : the 
" Sepulchre of Helena," and the " Royal Caves,' 
are, in all probability, only different names of the 
same place. Nothing seems to have excited 
more surprise than the doors of these chambers, 
of which Maundrell published a very particular 
description". Only one remained hanging in 
xuTariiviv It) Tm '^riifiiov crv^yov, sVs/ra kk6v;ko\i avrtx^v tvh EAivx; fivtifinay 
fivixuvo//,ivot ixa.fjt.'X'rire ftiv yioviaia ^u^yM xura to rouTta^ia; •sr^o^ayossve/jt.ivuv 
ftwifio.. Josephi de Bell. Jud. lib. v. cap. 4. torn. II. p. 328. Ed. Haver- 
campi, 1726. 
(2) Journ. from Alep. to Jerus. p. 77. Oxf. 1 721 . 
