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    Silwan or Siloam (Arabic: سلوان, romanized: Silwan; Greek: Σιλωάμ, romanized: Siloam; Hebrew: כְּפַר הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, romanized: Kfar ha-Shiloaḥ) is a predominantly...
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    The Silwan necropolis is the remains of a rock-cut cemetery assumed to have been used by the highest-ranking officials residing in Jerusalem. Its tombs...
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    the Palestinian Arab village of Silwan, intertwined with an Israeli settlement called the City of David. The Silwan area of East Jerusalem was annexed...
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    groves that once covered its slopes. The southern part of the mount was the Silwan necropolis, attributed to the elite of the ancient Kingdom of Judah. The...
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    located in Wadi Hilweh, an extension of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, East Jerusalem, intertwined with an Israeli settlement. The name "City...
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  • Kfar Silwan (Arabic: كفر سلوان, also spelled Kfar Selouane, Kfarselwan or Kfar Silwen) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate...
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    The Monolith of Silwan, also known as the Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter, is a cuboid rock-cut tomb located in Silwan, Jerusalem dating from the period of...
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    Hashiloach (Hebrew: כפר השילוח) neighborhood in the Jerusalem district of Silwan. Between 1885 and 1891, 45 stone houses were built for the Yemenite Jews...
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    Pool of Siloam (category Silwan)
    The term Pool of Siloam (Arabic: بِرْكَة سِلْوَان‎ Birka Silwān, Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, Bərēḵat haŠīlōaḥ) refers to a number of rock-cut pools...
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    The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscription (Hebrew: כתובת השילוח, or Silwan inscription), known as KAI 189, is a Hebrew inscription found in the Siloam...
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