New find, old tomb, and peeks at early Christians By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor DECIPHERED: Joe Zias sits by a cast he made of a 4th-century Greek inscription found at Absalom's Tomb. It says the site is Zacharias's Tomb. RICK BOWMER/AP JERUSALEM – For centuries it has been known as "Absalom's Tomb." People made pilgrimages to it. Jews, Christians, and Muslims would throw stones at it to punish King David's rebellious son. But now, because of an almost chance discovery, one of Jerusalem's oldest landmarks is reemerging as one of the sites of early Christianity....