36.J. 
JERUSALEM* 
ancient sepulchre, and more reconcilable with the account of 
their subsequent disappearance. Yalesius,* commenting upon; 
these words of Eusebius, is at a loss to reconcile the stelae 
with the pyramids noticed by the Jewish Historian. 46 Twice/*" 
says he, 44 does Josephus, in the same book, call them Monu¬ 
ments (Mwfielet), Rufinus uses the word sepulchre ; and Je« 
romf calls it a mausoleum , which still existed in his time. 5 * 
Valesius then proceeds to cite Pausauias who, speaking of 
the two most memorable sepulchres that were known, mentions 
those of Mausolus in Caria, and that of Helena in Judaea, 
But Yillalpandus notices a pyramid yet visible at these caves;? 
meaning, probably, a pillar with a pyramidal summit. Jose¬ 
phus describes the sepulchre of Helena as being to the north 
of the city ;|J and although he mentions the “ Royal Caves 17 
immediately after the notice of Helena’s Sepulchre, the cir¬ 
cumstance of his allusion to the pyramids at the latter ,** 
one of which, actually seen by Yillalpandus,ff having since 
diappeared, and thereby warranted the possible annihilation 
of the other two, is deemed sufficient by Pococke 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. 64 The 
third wall,” says he,JJ “began at the tower Hippicus; whence 
mens Alexandrians in libro 5. Stromat. scribit Hipparchutn Pythogoreum eo quod 
arcana magistri evuigasset, c collegio ejectum fuisse, et cippum ei positum fuisse 
tanquam mortuo, ml crr-hAnv irr' aurep 7fvt<7§ai, OIA NEKP&I.P Vakdi Annot, 
In lib. ii. Hist. Eccl. Euseb. p. 32. Ibid. 
# XJbi supra. x 
t Hieronymus in oratione de obitu Paulae. 
% Pausan. in Arcadicis. Vid. cap. xvi. p. 633. Ed. Xyiand. Lips. 1G9G. 
5' Vid. Johan. Baptist, Viilalpand. tom. III. Apparatus lib. iii. cap. 1. et in sua An- 
uuuae Jerusalem Descriptione. 
fj Josephus De Bell Jud. lib. vi. c. 6. Colon. 1691. 
^*0 Mbvo(3a{os r&rt hilvris i(nd, xal ra rS d$fA<p3 Trtp\Lar its ‘IfpocoAupa 
?rpoa£Ta^fv. tv rat's wpapt'cnv, cts ri pump Karto'XRiaxtJ Tptrs rbv apiOpov Tpfa 
err&dia t ns twv 'ItpocroAuptTwv woAtws d.mx&<jas. “ Monobabazus autem ossa ejus et 
fratis sui misit Hierosolyma, condenda inextructis ab ipsa pyramidibus tribus mime- 
ko, tertio ab urbe Hierosolymiiana stadio dlssitis.” Joseph, Antiq. lib. xx. c. 2. p. 
G89. Colon. 1691. 
ff See Pococke, “ Descript, of the East,” vol II. p. 20. Lond. 1745 
fjTw TPtr&j 5t r\v dp xn o/lmriubs ?rup7os, o9tv p*xP» popti'a xAi'paTos xcmm?vov 
IttI Tn'v tp<n(pivov 7rup7ov, bnna xaQrixov avrixpu rns 'EAtv-ru pvnpttW ’A<5ia{3-nvrj 
pdcnAls nv aum, ’I{cvr8 paoUtws pump’ xa» 6ib. affnAatco^ (WtAixwv puxuvbp«vo» 
kdpTTTtTO ptv <yuvia(co 7rap7W xara to t 3 Tvacptcoj Trpocrcryoptudptvcov pvnpa. 
** Tertio autem muro initiumdabat turris Hippica, unde versus Borealem tractum 
sese extendens ad turrim usque Psephinam, deinde protendens sese ex ad verso t 
monumetfti Helenae, quee Adiabenorum regina erat et Izatae regis mater et per- 
s pelumi as regias in longum ductus flectebatur quidem in aDgulari turri prope raonu' 
mentum Fullonis dictum.” JOsephi de Bell. Jud. lib. v. cap. 4. tom. II. p. 328. 
Ed. Havercampi, 1726. 
