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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount of Olives</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D6%81_%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BC" title="Ձիթենեաց լեռ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Ձիթենեաց լեռ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeytun_da%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Zeytun dağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Zeytun dağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A4" title="জয়তুন পর্বত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জয়তুন পর্বত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%BC" title="Елеонски хълм – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Елеонски хълм" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_de_les_Oliveres" title="Mont de les Oliveres – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mont de les Oliveres" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives_(tagaytay)" title="Mount of Olives (tagaytay) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mount of Olives (tagaytay)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivov%C3%A1_hora" title="Olivová hora – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Olivová hora" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliebjerget" title="Oliebjerget – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Oliebjerget" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96lberg_(Jerusalem)" title="Ölberg (Jerusalem) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ölberg (Jerusalem)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Όρος των Ελαιών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Όρος των Ελαιών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_de_los_Olivos" title="Monte de los Olivos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Monte de los Olivos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivarba_monto" title="Olivarba monto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Olivarba monto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olibetako_mendia" title="Olibetako mendia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Olibetako mendia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="کوه زیتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوه زیتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_des_Oliviers" title="Mont des Oliviers – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mont des Oliviers" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliveberch" title="Oliveberch – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Oliveberch" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnoc_na_nOl%C3%B3g" title="Cnoc na nOlóg – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cnoc na nOlóg" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_das_Oliveiras" title="Monte das Oliveiras – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Monte das Oliveiras" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%AC%EB%A6%AC%EB%B8%8C%EC%82%B0" title="올리브산 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="올리브산" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D6%81_%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BC" title="Ձիթենյաց լեռ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ձիթենյաց լեռ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslinska_gora" title="Maslinska gora – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maslinska gora" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukit_Zaitun" title="Bukit Zaitun – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bukit Zaitun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_degli_Ulivi" title="Monte degli Ulivi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Monte degli Ulivi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%96%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D" title="הר הזיתים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הר הזיתים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81" title="ಆಲಿವ್ಸ್ ಬೆಟ್ಟಸಾಲು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆಲಿವ್ಸ್ ಬೆಟ್ಟಸಾಲು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlima_wa_Mizeituni" title="Mlima wa Mizeituni – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mlima wa Mizeituni" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives" title="Mount of Olives – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Mount of Olives" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_Azeitim" title="Ar Azeitim – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Ar Azeitim" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olajf%C3%A1k_hegye" title="Olajfák hegye – 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line-height:1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Mount of Olives</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader nickname">Mount Olivet</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding: 0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg/272px-2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg" decoding="async" width="272" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg/408px-2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg/544px-2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="2767" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding: 0.2em 0em;">Aerial photograph of the Mount of Olives</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Highest point</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Summit" title="Summit">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">826 m (2,710 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mount_of_Olives&params=31_46_42_N_35_14_38_E_type:mountain_scale:100000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°46′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">35°14′38″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.77833°N 35.24389°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.77833; 35.24389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Naming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Native name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">הַר הַזֵּיתִים</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الطور / جبل الزيتون</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_af8fb7534b1eb90d786ec7390aa5b31211534d71"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Mount_of_Olives&revid=1253611209&groups=_af8fb7534b1eb90d786ec7390aa5b31211534d71" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Mount_of_Olives&revid=1253611209&groups=_af8fb7534b1eb90d786ec7390aa5b31211534d71 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range"><span class="nowrap">Parent range</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Judean_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Judean Mountains">Judean Mountains</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Climbing</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Normal_route" title="Normal route"><span class="nowrap">Easiest route</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data">Road</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg/220px-MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg/330px-MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg/440px-MountOfOlivesMay232023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2326" data-file-height="1552" /></a><figcaption>A-Sawane Neighborhood on the Mount of Olives</figcaption></figure><p>The <b>Mount of Olives</b> or <b>Mount Olivet</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">הַר הַזֵּיתִים</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Har ha-Zeitim</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">جبل الزيتون</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Jabal az-Zaytūn</i></span>; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الطور</span></span>, <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Aṭ-Ṭūr</i></span>, 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge in <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>, east of and adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Old_City_of_Jerusalem" title="Old City of Jerusalem">Jerusalem's Old City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is named for the <a href="/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">olive groves</a> that once covered its slopes. The southern part of the mount was the <a href="/wiki/Silwan_necropolis" title="Silwan necropolis">Silwan necropolis</a>, attributed to the elite of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ussishkin70_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ussishkin70-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The western slopes of the mount, those facing Jerusalem, have been used as a <a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives_Jewish_Cemetery" title="Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery">Jewish cemetery</a> for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves, making it central in the tradition of <a href="/wiki/Jewish_cemetery" title="Jewish cemetery">Jewish cemeteries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Atop the hill lies the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestinian</a> neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/At-Tur_(Mount_of_Olives)" class="mw-redirect" title="At-Tur (Mount of Olives)">At-Tur</a>, a former village that is now part of <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>. </p><p>Several key events in the life of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, as related in the <a href="/wiki/Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Gospels">Gospels</a>, took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts of the Apostles</a> it is described as the place from which Jesus <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">ascended to heaven</a>. Because of its association with both Jesus and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Mary</a>, the mount has been a site of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> worship since ancient times and is today a major site of pilgrimage for <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">the Eastern Orthodox</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestants</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_geology">Geography and geology</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg/220px-Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg/330px-Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg/440px-Olive_tree_on_the_Mount_of_Olives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Olive tree on the Mount of Olives said to be 800–2,000 years old<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Mount of Olives is one of three peaks of a mountain <a href="/wiki/Ridge" title="Ridge">ridge</a> which runs for 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) just east of the Old City across the <a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron Valley</a>, in this area called the <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Josaphat" title="Valley of Josaphat">Valley of Josaphat</a>. The peak to its north is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Scopus" title="Mount Scopus">Mount Scopus</a>, at 826 metres (2,710 feet), while the peak to its south is the Mount of Corruption, at 747 m (2,451 ft). The highest point on the Mount of Olives is At-Tur, at 818 m (2,684 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ridge acts as a <a href="/wiki/Drainage_divide" title="Drainage divide">watershed</a>, and its eastern side is the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Judean_Desert" class="mw-redirect" title="Judean Desert">Judean Desert</a>. </p><p>The ridge is formed of oceanic <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rock</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Late_Cretaceous" title="Late Cretaceous">Late Cretaceous</a> and contains a soft <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> and a hard <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flint</a>. While the chalk is easily <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarried</a>, it is not a suitable strength for construction and features many <a href="/wiki/Rock-cut_tombs_in_ancient_Israel" title="Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel">man-made burial caves</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_of_Olives_(before_1899).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg/220px-Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg/330px-Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg/440px-Mount_of_Olives_%28before_1899%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2144" data-file-height="1576" /></a><figcaption>The Mount of Olives, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1899</span></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:503px;max-width:503px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:207px;max-width:207px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg/205px-Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg" decoding="async" width="205" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg/308px-Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg/410px-Mount_of_Olives_1858.jpg 2x" data-file-width="781" data-file-height="731" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG/290px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG" decoding="async" width="290" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG/435px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG/580px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_039_-_Mount_of_Olives.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives, 155 years apart. The map, from 1858, <a href="/wiki/Cartography_of_Jerusalem" title="Cartography of Jerusalem">considered the most accurate in existence at the time</a>, marks the Jewish graves clearly on the bottom left. The aerial photo, from 2013, is taken from the south.</div></div></div></div> <p>From <a href="/wiki/Biblical_times" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical times">Biblical times</a> until the present, <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> have been buried on the Mount of Olives. The <a href="/wiki/Silwan_necropolis" title="Silwan necropolis">necropolis on the southern ridge</a>, the location of the modern village of <a href="/wiki/Silwan" title="Silwan">Silwan</a>, was the burial place of Jerusalem's most important citizens in the <a href="/wiki/First_Temple_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="First Temple Period">period of the Biblical kings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ussishkin70_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ussishkin70-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The religious ceremony marking the <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Chodesh" title="Rosh Chodesh">start of a new month</a> was held on the Mount of Olives during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple_period" title="Second Temple period">Second Temple period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Har-el_1977_120–123_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Har-el_1977_120–123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the time of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_administration_of_Judaea_(AD_6%E2%80%93135)" title="Roman administration of Judaea (AD 6–135)">Roman procurator</a> <a href="/wiki/Antonius_Felix" title="Antonius Felix">Antonius Felix</a> (52–60 CE), a Jewish prophetic figure known as "<a href="/wiki/Egyptian_(prophet)" title="Egyptian (prophet)">the Egyptian</a>" gathered his followers atop the Mount of Olives in preparation for an invasion of the city or in the belief that he would cause the walls of Jerusalem to fall, allowing them to enter (depending on the version). This group was crushed by the Romans. While "the Egyptian" managed to flee, many of his followers were killed or taken captive, and the remainder escaped.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR1993_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1993-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roman_army" title="Roman army">Roman soldiers</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Legio_X_Fretensis" title="Legio X Fretensis">10th Legion</a> camped on the mount during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Jerusalem (70)">Siege of Jerusalem</a> in the year 70 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a>, Jews celebrated the festival of <a href="/wiki/Sukkot" title="Sukkot">Sukkot</a> on the Mount of Olives. They made pilgrimages to the Mount of Olives because it was 80 meters higher than the <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mount" title="Temple Mount">Temple Mount</a> and offered a panoramic view of the Temple site. It became a traditional place for lamenting the Temple's destruction, especially on <a href="/wiki/Tisha_B%27Av" title="Tisha B'Av">Tisha B'Av</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Har-el_1977_120–123_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Har-el_1977_120–123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1481, an Italian Jewish pilgrim, <a href="/wiki/Meshullam_of_Volterra" title="Meshullam of Volterra">Meshullam of Volterra</a>, wrote: "And all the community of Jews, every year, goes up to <a href="/wiki/Mount_Zion" title="Mount Zion">Mount Zion</a> on the day of Tisha B'Av to fast and mourn, and from there they move down along Yoshafat Valley and up to Mount of Olives. From there they see the whole Temple (the Temple Mount) and there they weep and lament the destruction of this House."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1189, in the wake of the 1187 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hattin" title="Battle of Hattin">Battle of Hattin</a> and reconquest of the land by <a href="/wiki/Saladin" title="Saladin">Saladin</a>, the sultan gave the Mount to two of his commanders. </p><p>In the mid-1850s, the villagers of <a href="/wiki/Silwan" title="Silwan">Silwan</a> were paid £100 annually by the Jews in an effort to prevent the desecration of graves on the mount.<sup id="cite_ref-Har-El2004_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Har-El2004-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">Prime Minister of Israel</a> <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a> asked to be buried on the Mount of Olives near the graves of <a href="/wiki/Irgun" title="Irgun">Etzel</a> members <a href="/wiki/Meir_Feinstein" title="Meir Feinstein">Meir Feinstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moshe_Barazani" title="Moshe Barazani">Moshe Barazani</a>, rather than <a href="/wiki/Mount_Herzl" title="Mount Herzl">Mount Herzl</a> national cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Status_since_1948">Status since 1948</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_(%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg/220px-%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg/330px-%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg/440px-%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%28%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1949_Armistice_Agreements" title="1949 Armistice Agreements">armistice agreement</a> signed by Israel and Jordan following the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a> called for the establishment of a Special Committee to negotiate developments including "free access to the holy sites and cultural institutions and use of the cemetery on the Mount of Olives". However, during the 19 years the <a href="/wiki/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Jordanian annexation of the West Bank">Jordanian annexation of the West Bank</a> lasted, the committee was not formed. Non-Israeli Christian pilgrims were allowed to visit the mount, but Jews of all countries and most non-Jewish Israeli citizens were barred from entering Jordan and therefore were unable to travel to the area.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of 1949, and throughout the Jordanian rule of the site, some Arab residents uprooted tombstones and plowed the land in the cemeteries, and an estimated 38,000 tombstones were damaged in total. During this period, a road was paved through the cemetery, in the process destroying graves including those of famous persons.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Arches_Hotel" title="Seven Arches Hotel">Intercontinental Hotel</a> was built at the summit of the mount. Graves were also demolished for <a href="/wiki/Parking_lot" title="Parking lot">parking lots</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Filling_station" title="Filling station">filling station</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were used in <a href="/wiki/Latrine" title="Latrine">latrines</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Jordanian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordanian Army">Jordanian Army</a> barracks.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> did not condemn the Jordanian government for these actions.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_of_Israel">State of Israel</h3></div> <p>Following the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> restoration work was done and the cemetery was reopened for burials. Israel's 1980 <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Law" title="Jerusalem Law">unilateral annexation</a> of East Jerusalem was condemned as a violation of international law and ruled null and void by the UN Security Council in <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_478" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 478">UNSC Resolution 478</a>. </p><p>Tombs in the <a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives_Jewish_Cemetery" title="Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery">Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery</a> have been prone to vandalism, among them the tombs of the <a href="/wiki/Gerrer_Rebbe" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerrer Rebbe">Gerrer Rebbe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shameful_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shameful-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 November 2010, an international watch-committee was set up by <a href="/wiki/Jewish_diaspora" title="Jewish diaspora">Diaspora Jews</a> with the aim of reversing the desecration of the Jewish cemetery. According to one of the founders, the initiative was triggered by witnessing tombstones that were wrecked with "the kind of maliciousness that defies the imagination."<sup id="cite_ref-shameful_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shameful-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_significance">Religious significance</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hebrew_Bible_references">Hebrew Bible references</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="David_and_Absalom">David and Absalom</h4></div> <p>The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in connection with <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>'s flight from <a href="/wiki/Absalom" title="Absalom">Absalom</a> (<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Samuel" title="Books of Samuel">II Samuel</a> 15:30): "And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up." The ascent was probably east of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_David_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of David (historic)">City of David</a>, near the village of <a href="/wiki/Silwan" title="Silwan">Silwan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Site_of_"the_glory_of_the_Lord""><span id="Site_of_.22the_glory_of_the_Lord.22"></span>Site of "the glory of the Lord"</h4></div> <p>The sacred character of the mount is alluded to in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezekiel" title="Book of Ezekiel">Book of Ezekiel</a> (11:23): "And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Mount_of_Corruption""><span id=".22Mount_of_Corruption.22"></span>"Mount of Corruption"</h4></div> <p>The biblical designation Mount of Corruption, or in Hebrew <i>Har HaMashchit</i> (<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">I Kings</a> 11:7–8), derives from the <a href="/wiki/Idolatry_in_the_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Idolatry in the Bible">idol worship</a> there, begun by <a href="/wiki/King_Solomon" class="mw-redirect" title="King Solomon">King Solomon</a> building altars to the gods of his <a href="/wiki/Moab" title="Moab">Moabite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammonite</a> wives on the southern peak, "on the mountain which is before (east of) Jerusalem" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Kings%2011:7&version=nrsv">1 Kings 11:7</a>), just outside the limits of the holy city. This site was known for idol worship throughout the <a href="/wiki/First_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="First Temple">First Temple</a> period, until king of Judah, <a href="/wiki/Josiah" title="Josiah">Josiah</a>, finally destroyed "the high places that were before Jerusalem, to the right of Har HaMashchit..."(<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">II Kings</a> 23:13) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Apocalypse,_resurrection,_and_burials"><span id="Apocalypse.2C_resurrection.2C_and_burials"></span>Apocalypse, resurrection, and burials</h4></div> <p>An apocalyptic prophecy in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Zechariah" title="Book of Zechariah">Book of Zechariah</a> states that <a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">YHWH</a> will stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will split in two, with one half shifting north and one half shifting south (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Zechariah%2014:4&version=nrsv">Zechariah 14:4</a>). According to the <a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a>, people will flee through this newly formed valley to a place called <a href="/wiki/Azal_(Bible)" title="Azal (Bible)">Azal</a> (Zechariah 14:5). The <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> (LXX) has a different reading of Zechariah 14:5 stating that a valley will be blocked up as it was blocked up during the earthquake during King <a href="/wiki/Uzziah" title="Uzziah">Uzziah</a>'s reign. Jewish historian <a href="/wiki/Flavius_Josephus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flavius Josephus">Flavius Josephus</a> mentions in <i><a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a></i> that the valley in the area of the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Garden_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Garden (Jerusalem)">King's Gardens</a> was blocked up by landslide rubble during Uzziah's earthquake.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israeli geologists Wachs and Levitte identified the remnant of a large landslide on the Mount of Olives directly adjacent to this area.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on geographic and linguistic evidence, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Simon_Clermont-Ganneau" title="Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau">Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau</a>, a 19th-century linguist and archeologist in Palestine, theorized that the valley directly adjacent to this landslide is Azal.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This evidence accords with the LXX reading of Zechariah 14:5, which states that the valley will be blocked up as far as Azal. The valley he identified (which is now known as Wady Yasul in Arabic, and Nahal Etzel in Hebrew) lies <i>south</i> of both Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. </p><p>Many Jews have wanted to be buried on the Mount of Olives since antiquity, based on the Jewish tradition (from the Biblical verse Zechariah 14:4) that when the Messiah comes, the resurrection of the dead will begin there.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (May 2015)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> There are an estimated 150,000 graves on the Mount. Notable <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbis</a> buried on the mount include <a href="/wiki/Chaim_ibn_Attar" title="Chaim ibn Attar">Chaim ibn Attar</a> and others from the 15th century to the present day. Tradition wrongly identifies Roman-period tombs at the foot of the mount as those of <a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(Hebrew_prophet)" title="Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)">Zechariah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Absalom" title="Absalom">Absalom</a>, and a burial complex of the same period on the upper slope as the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Prophets_Haggai,_Zechariah_and_Malachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi">Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Testament_references">New Testament references</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg/220px-Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg/330px-Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg/440px-Enrique_Simonet_-_Flevit_super_illam_1892.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2952" data-file-height="1603" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Flevit_super_illam" class="mw-redirect" title="Flevit super illam">Flevit super illam</a></i> (He wept over it); by <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Simonet" title="Enrique Simonet">Enrique Simonet</a>, 1892</figcaption></figure> <p>The Mount of Olives is frequently mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the route from Jerusalem to <a href="/wiki/Al-Eizariya" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Eizariya">Bethany</a> and the place where <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> stood when he wept over Jerusalem (an event known as <i><a href="/wiki/Flevit_super_illam" class="mw-redirect" title="Flevit super illam">Flevit super illam</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>). </p><p>Jesus is said to have spent time on the mount, teaching and prophesying to his disciples (Matthew 24–25), including the <a href="/wiki/Olivet_Discourse" title="Olivet Discourse">Olivet Discourse</a>, returning after each day to rest (<a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 21:37, and John 8:1 in the additional section of John's Gospel known as the <i><a href="/wiki/John_8#Pericope_adulterae" title="John 8">Pericope Adulterae</a></i>), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Garden of Gethsemane</a>. The New Testament tells how Jesus and his disciples sang together – "When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives" <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> 26:30. Jesus <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">ascended to heaven</a> from the Mount of Olives according to Acts 1:9–12. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gnostic_references">Gnostic references</h3></div> <p>Again, the story of Jesus with his disciples on the Mount of Olives can be found in the <a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostic</a> text <a href="/wiki/Pistis_Sophia" title="Pistis Sophia">Pistis Sophia</a>, dated around the 3rd to 4th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2></div> <p>Landmarks at the top of the Mount of Olives include the <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_Hospital" title="Augusta Victoria Hospital">Augusta Victoria Hospital</a> with the Lutheran Church of the Ascension and its massive 50-metre (160 ft) <a href="/wiki/Bell_tower" title="Bell tower">bell tower</a>, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Ascension with its tall and slender bell tower, the Mosque or <a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_the_Ascension_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem)">Chapel of the Ascension</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Pater_Noster" title="Church of the Pater Noster">Church of the Pater Noster</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Arches_Hotel" title="Seven Arches Hotel">Seven Arches Hotel</a>. On the western slope are the historic <a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives_Jewish_Cemetery" title="Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery">Jewish cemetery</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Prophets_Haggai,_Zechariah_and_Malachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi">Tomb of the Prophets</a>, the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Dominus_Flevit_Church" title="Dominus Flevit Church">Church of Dominus Flevit</a>, and the Russian Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Mary_Magdalene" title="Church of Mary Magdalene">Church of Mary Magdalene</a>. At the foot of the mount, where it meets the <a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron Valley</a>, there is the Garden of <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Nations_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of All Nations (Jerusalem)">Church of All Nations</a>. Within the Kidron Valley itself are the <a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary's Tomb">Tomb of the Virgin Mary</a>, the Grotto of Gethsemane, and the nearby tomb of the medieval historian <a href="/wiki/Mujir_al-Din" title="Mujir al-Din">Mujir ed-Din</a>, and further south are the tombs of <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Absalom" title="Tomb of Absalom">Absalom</a> (Hebrew name: Yad Avshalom), the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Benei_Hezir" title="Tomb of Benei Hezir">Hezir priestly family</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Zechariah" title="Tomb of Zechariah">Zechariah</a>. At the northern margin of Mount Olivet stand the <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University_Jerusalem_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center">Mormon University</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde_Memorial_Garden" title="Orson Hyde Memorial Garden">Orson Hyde Memorial Garden</a> and the Jewish settlement of <a href="/wiki/Beit_Orot" title="Beit Orot">Beit Orot</a>, bordering on the <a href="/wiki/Emek_Tzurim_National_Park" title="Emek Tzurim National Park">Tzurim Valley</a> and the Mitzpe Hamasu'ot ('Beacons Lookout') site, where the <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mount_Sifting_Project" title="Temple Mount Sifting Project">Temple Mount Sifting Project</a> facilities are located.<sup id="cite_ref-ATG_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATG-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What lays north of here belongs to Mount Scopus.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives lies the Palestinian Arab village of <a href="/wiki/Al-Eizariya" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Eizariya">al-Eizariya</a>, identified with the ancient village of <a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a> mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>; a short distance from the village centre, towards the top of the mount, is the traditional site of <a href="/wiki/Bethphage" title="Bethphage">Bethphage</a>, marked by a Franciscan church.<sup id="cite_ref-ATG_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATG-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University_Jerusalem_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center">Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center</a> for <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_studies" title="Middle Eastern studies">Near Eastern Studies</a>, better known locally as the Mormon University, owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS) near the Tzurim Valley which separates the Mount of Olives from Mount Scopus, initially sparked controversy because of concerns that the <a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a> would engage in missionary activities. After the Mormons pledged not to proselytize in Israel, work on the building was allowed to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Augusta Victoria Hospital and its church"><img alt="Augusta Victoria Hospital and its church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG/120px-Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG/180px-Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG/240px-Siur_wikipedia_in_Jerusalem_080608_57.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_Hospital" title="Augusta Victoria Hospital">Augusta Victoria Hospital</a> and its church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:7_Arches_hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seven Arches Hotel"><img alt="Seven Arches Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/7_Arches_hotel.jpg/120px-7_Arches_hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/7_Arches_hotel.jpg/180px-7_Arches_hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/7_Arches_hotel.jpg/240px-7_Arches_hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Seven_Arches_Hotel" title="Seven Arches Hotel">Seven Arches Hotel</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene"><img alt="The Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg/120px-Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg/180px-Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg/240px-Church_of_Mary_Magdalene1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodox">Russian Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Mary_Magdalene" title="Church of Mary Magdalene">Church of Mary Magdalene</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kidron_jerusalem_(10).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="BYU Jerusalem Center (the "Mormon University")"><img alt="BYU Jerusalem Center (the "Mormon University")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG/120px-Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG/180px-Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG/240px-Kidron_jerusalem_%2810%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/BYU_Jerusalem_Center" title="BYU Jerusalem Center">BYU Jerusalem Center</a> (the "Mormon University")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of All Nations, Gethsemane"><img alt="Church of All Nations, Gethsemane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg/120px-Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg/180px-Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg/240px-Jerusalem_Church_of_all_nations_BW_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3375" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Nations" title="Church of All Nations">Church of All Nations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yad_Avshalom.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="So-called "Tomb of Absalom""><img alt="So-called "Tomb of Absalom"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Yad_Avshalom.JPG/80px-Yad_Avshalom.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Yad_Avshalom.JPG/120px-Yad_Avshalom.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Yad_Avshalom.JPG/160px-Yad_Avshalom.JPG 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="765" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">So-called "<a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Absalom" title="Tomb of Absalom">Tomb of Absalom</a>"</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="So-called "Tomb of Zechariah""><img alt="So-called "Tomb of Zechariah"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg/80px-Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg/120px-Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg/160px-Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">So-called "<a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Zechariah" title="Tomb of Zechariah">Tomb of Zechariah</a>"</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives_Jewish_Cemetery" title="Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery">Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Orot" title="Beit Orot">Beit Orot</a>, Jewish settlement on the Mount of Olives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27ale_ha-Zeitim" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma'ale ha-Zeitim">Ma'ale ha-Zeitim</a>, Jewish settlement on the Mount of Olives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivet_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Olivet (disambiguation)">Olivet (disambiguation)</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:box width;max-width:608px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount of Olives in July 2009"><img alt="alt text" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg/600px-Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg/900px-Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="339" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg" title="File:Mountofolivespanoramic.jpg"> </a></div>Mount of Olives in July 2009</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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