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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 ...
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 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]
Alsat National Television [a], or simply Alsat (short for "Albanian Satellite"; Macedonian: Алсат) is a generalist television channel that broadcasts throughout the territory of North Macedonia and other Balkan countries.
The other cave had been looted at some point, and analysis revealed that the interred individuals belonged to a group of different origin than the first group. [2] Ancient Hebrew inscriptions, known as the Khirbet Beit Lei graffiti, were found in the caves. From 1979 to 1983, Yigal Tepper and Y. Shahar [clarification needed] the caves at the ...
The four caves were proclaimed a site of "outstanding universal value" by UNESCO [1] in 2012. They are protected within a nature reserve. [2] The caves were used for habitation by hominins and prehistoric humans and contain unique evidence of very early burials, at the archaeological site of el-Wad cave in the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve.