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Caves were used for refuge throughout history in the region. Up the southern slope of the Masada cliff, the almost inaccessible Yoram Cave, whose only opening is located some 4 metres (13 ft) above an exposed access path and 100 metres (330 ft) below the plateau, has been found to contain 6,000-year-old barley seeds.
Yoram (יֹרָם or יורם ? ) is a given name derived from Jehoram ( יְהוֹרָם ), meaning " Jehovah is exalted" in Biblical Hebrew , which was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh ; the female version of this name is Athaliah .
Tomb of Absalom (western facade), with the entrance to the Cave of Jehoshaphat (left) behind it The Tomb of Absalom ( Hebrew : יד אבשלום , romanized : Yad Avshalom , lit. 'Absalom's Memorial'), also called Absalom's Pillar , is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem , a few ...
The Bukuroshja e Fjetur Cave (Albanian: Shpella e Bukuroshes së Fjetur) or Radac Cave (Albanian: Shpella e Radacit), also known as Sleeping Beauty Cave, is a cave located in the village of Radac, Peja, Kosovo. [1] Around 11 kilometers from the town of Peja, the cave is found to the left of the Peja-Rozaje Road in the Accursed Mountains. [2]
Vrelo Cave in Matka Canyon Vrelo Cave in Matka Canyon. Located on the right bank of the Treska River, Vrelo Cave was listed as one of the top 77 natural sites in the world in the New7Wonders of Nature project. [3] Vrelo Cave has many stalactites including a large one in the middle of the cave known as the "Pine Cone" due to its shape.
Yoram Tsafrir (Hebrew: יורם צפריר; 30 January 1938 – 23 November 2015) was an Israeli archaeologist. His research has included the Byzantine influence on ancient synagogues, demography of Palestine in the Byzantine period, mosaics at Horvat Berachot , excavations at Beit She'an , and excavations at Rehovot-in-the-Negev ). [ 1 ]
The Cave of Pëllumbas (Albanian: Shpella e Pëllumbasit or Shpella e Zezë) is a karst cave in central Albania, located in the Skorana Gorge close to the village of Pëllumbas in Tirana County. [1] It lies about 500 m (1,600 ft) above the Adriatic , on the slopes of Dajti , a mountain chain that rises to an elevation of 1,613 m (5,292 ft).
Göreme Open Air Museum. Göreme is a district of the Nevşehir Province in Turkey.After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava formed soft rocks in the Cappadocia region, covering a region of about 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi).