Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Détails du Tombeau d'Absalom
Auguste Salzmann French
Printer Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille French
Not on view
This Hellenistic-Egyptian limestone tomb was erected in memory of King David’s rebellious son Absalom, who died about a thousand years before its construction. The structure’s style and origins fascinated Salzmann and led him to theorize that artisans descended from the Jewish slaves of Egypt described in the Book of Exodus had maintained Egyptian building traditions in ancient Israel. According to this theory, he placed the Jehoshaphat Valley series in the "Jewish Monuments" section of the final album.
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