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A rock-cut tomb or kokh is a burial chamber that is cut into an existing, naturally-occurring rock formation, usually along the side of a hill. It was a common form of burial for the wealthy in ancient times in several parts of the world. Important examples are found in Egypt, most notably in the town of Deir el-Medina (Seet Maat), located between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.〔Dodson, Aidan (1991). ''Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs''. Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-7478-0128-2.〕 Other notable clusters include numerous rock-cut tombs in modern Israel, at Myra in Turkey, Petra in modern Jordan, Mada'in Saleh in Saudi Arabia and Larnaca. Tomba a dado necropoli della casetta blera.jpg|Etruscan rock-cut tomb in Blera, Italy. Myra Rock Tombs.jpg|Rock-cut tombs in Myra. Petra Jordan BW 21.JPG|''Al Khazneh'' or the Treasury at Petra. Tomb of Avshalom in the Kidron Valley;.jpg|Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. Qasr al Farid.JPG|Qasr al Farid, tomb in Archeological site Mada'in Saleh, Al-`Ula, Saudi Arabia File:Naqsh-e Rustam 6.jpg|Tomb of Darius I part of the ancient Naqsh-e Rustam Necropolis, Iran. ==Kokh== A kokh (plural: kokhim, (ヘブライ語:כּוּךְ)) is a type of tomb complex characterized by a series of long narrow shafts, in which the deceased were placed for burial, radiating from a central chamber. These tomb complexes were generally carved into a rock face, and were usually closed with a stone slab and had channels cut into the centre of the shaft to drain any water that seeped through the rock. A kokhim complex survives at the far west end of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Church wall runs through the centre of the complex, and the remaining two thirds no longer exist (). Many more kokhim can be found throughout the Judean foothills. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock-cut tomb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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