You are hereHomeBARJanuary/February 1983The Saga of the Goliath Family—As Revealed in Their Newly Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Tomb A loculus (plural loculi; kochim in Hebrew) is a burial recess approximately six feet long hewn into a tomb chamber’s wall. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.