Tomb of Esther and Mordechai

From this room, three steps descend to an even lower doorway, only about 80 centimeters high, leading to the burial chamber. The tombs are built of concrete to roughly human height, their lower sections clad in reddish, polished mahogany panels, carved with wooden panels having geometric ornamentation. At their tops are verses from the Book of Esther in large Hebrew letters.THE ENTRANCE to the compound lies in the heart of the city, beside a public garden with benches and plants. The entrance door itself is made of thick stone and is about only a meter high. To enter, one must bend down, almost bow. At the center of the door, a small hole is carved, through which the caretaker releases a hidden internal bolt, and only then pushes the heavy stone inward.

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