Salome (right) and the midwife "Emea" (left), bathing the infant Jesus, are common figures in Orthodox icons of the Nativity of Jesus; here in a 12th-century fresco from Cappadocia. (photo: Public ...

According to Jewish tradition, the 2,000-year-old tomb contains the burial of Salome, “ the midwife of Jesus,” the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a Dec. 20 news release.

An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday.

An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday.

A grave estate from 2000 years ago, has been uncovered these days in the Saloma (Sholomit). Popular traditions attribute the cave to the burial place of Saloma, the midwife of Jesus. The Tomb ...