Tiberias - Tomb of Akiba

Rabbi Akiba is pretty important in Judaism and, if he were really buried here his grave would be nearly as important as shrine as that of Maimonides. However, it is pretty unlikely that he was buried here because he was executed by the Romans about the time of the Bar Kochba revolt (in 135) presumably near the imperial administrative center in Caesaria (about 60 miles to the west) and buried near there by either Akiba's followers or Roman soldiers.

Notwithstanding that, his gravesite area is a very nice place in which to see the Sea of Galilee.

The first image is of me and Ann. To my left right near the lake is the area of Tiberias that used to be the old city. The tall hotels are prominent.


In the picture with Beth you see a little more of the city to her right.

In the picture with Ann and Beth you see a lot of the northern part of Tiberias (which currently has about a population of 45,000).

There are two pictures of the tomb itself.

In the first is a close up which shows how they partition off the tomb so some of it is on the men's side and some on the women's side.

The last picture shows the tomb with its housing.

Wikipedia has a good website devoted to Akiba (aka, Akiba ben Joseph).

There are a number of Jewish educational institutions named for Akiba (not quite as many as are named for Maimonides)