Jewish Cemetery Mount of Olives

The Jewish Cemetery on Mount of Olives is the oldest Jewish Cemetery in the world and has some tombs that are 3,000 years old dating back to the time of King David. It is a very impressive site and a landmark. You can see the hill covered with white graves from a lot of viewing points in the city. There are 150,000 graves and it is believed that the bodies that are buried here will be the first to be resurrected during the End of the Days (Armageddon).