You are hereHomeBARMay/June 1985Was the Site of the Jerusalem Temple Originally a Cemetery? Benjamin Mazar, The Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem Near the Temple MountSecond Preliminary Report, 196970 Seasons, Eretz Israel, 10, 1981, pp. 2225 (in Hebrew). See pp. 2425 for plans and sections of these burial caves. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.