An American tourist was arrested last week after spending the night in Zedekiah’s Cave, also known as Solomon’s Quarries, which lies under the Muslim... 

 A US tourist has been arrested after spending a night in a cave below Jerusalem’s Old City in what may have been a search for mythical buried treasure, police and media reports said Tuesday. 
 
 The tourist was found on Friday after spending the night in Zedekiah’s Cave, also known as Solomon’s Quarries, a 20,000-square-meter area beneath the Muslim quarter of the Old City. 
 
 The Haaretz daily reported that the 19-year-old tourist, who was not identified, hid inside the site at closing time on Thursday before digging in different areas of the cave. 
 
 Several worthless limestone rocks were found in his backpack, police said. 
 
 Haaretz reported that the odd expedition may have been linked to “Jerusalem Syndrome” — the name given to what some tourists experience when they are overwhelmed while visiting the Holy Land due to its religious significance. 
 
 Zedekiah’s Cave is the remnant of what was once the largest quarry in Jerusalem, dating back at least to the Second Jewish Temple period, from the sixth century BC to the first century AD. 
 
 Several myths are associated with the site, including treasure supposedly buried there. 
 
 Under Jewish tradition, King Zedekiah sought to escape through it during the destruction of the First Jewish Temple in 586 BC. 
 
 It has also served as a ceremonial site for Freemasons.
– A 19-year-old American tourist—who apparently can't wait for Indiana Jones 5—was arrested after allegedly hunting for "mythical buried treasure" underneath Jerusalem last week, AFP reports. Officials say the suspect hid during closing time at Zedekiah's Cave—aka Solomon's Quarries—beneath the Muslim section of the Old City last Thursday. After everyone else was gone, he allegedly spent the night digging in various parts of the cave. At the time of his arrest Friday, the suspect's backpack contained "several worthless limestone rocks." (He was also "covered in mud," Haaretz reports.) Several myths about Zedekiah's Cave—which is around 2,000 years old and was at one point the largest quarry in Jerusalem—claim there is treasure buried somewhere in the 20,000-square-meter area. Authorities believe the suspect may have been looking for that treasure. It's also possible he was suffering from "Jerusalem Syndrome," which occurs when tourists "are overwhelmed while visiting the Holy Land due to its religious significance," AFP explains. Per Haaretz, he was released from custody and has left Israel. (Meanwhile, archaeologists are digging in the desert to find an unusual buried treasure: a movie set.)