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The main image shows the inside of the cave that is purported to be the burial site of Salome. Inset, Jesus Christ as portrayed in "The Light of the World" by Paris Bordone.

The first room of the burial cave dates to the Second Temple period (from the 6th century BCE to 70 CE). Local Christians first identified the site as the burial place of Salome in the Byzantine era.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For centuries, a cave near Jerusalem was believed by Christian pilgrims to be the tomb of an attendant to the birth of Christ.

Christians would flock to the Cave of Salome in Israel to pay tribute to Jesus' midwife. But a new study contests the long-held belief that she was laid to rest there.

Per the gospel, which explores the details of Jesus’ birth, Salome did not believe that Mary, Jesus’ mother, was a virgin, which caused her hand to wither. When she touched the infant’s ...

Jesus’ birth thus signals his death and descent to the dead. His life begins in a cave to remind us it ends in a cave. Artistic depictions of the “three kings” are forward-looking too.