Qubur Bani Isra'in are huge stone structures which rise from a rocky plateau overlooking Wadi Qelt

Wadi Qelt

Wadi Qelt or Nahal Prat is a valley or stream running west to east across the Judean desert in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and terminating near Jericho, near the Dead Sea...

, about 3.5 miles northeast of Jerusalem along Highway 437 near Pisgat Zeev.

Dimensions

The megalith

Megalith

A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. Megalithic describes structures made of such large stones, utilizing an interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement.The word 'megalith' comes from the Ancient...

s, measuring 50 by, form rectangular walled structures, two or three rows of whose gigantic, rough-hewn stones are still carefully in place. There were originally five, but one was demolished to make way for the Ramallah

Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...

 bypass road erected in the late 1980s.

According to one theory, they mark the site of an ancient Jewish burial ground in the territory of Benjamin

Benjamin

Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...

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External links

• From Director Burrows' Reports on the Work of the School in Jerusalem, Millar Burrows, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 46 (Apr., 1932), pp. 9-13.
• The Muslim Conquest of Syria, David Nicolle
• Rachel weeping: Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the Fortress Tomb, By Fred Strickert