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Horvat Midras

Horvat Midras is a Roman-Byzantine site in the Judean Lowlands, with underground hiding complexes from the Bar Kochba revolt and a later Byzantine church. Discussed here as part of a day on the Roman and Byzantine Shfela.

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Sidonite Burial Cave at Maresha
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The Shfela (Judean Lowlands) in the Roman & Byzantine Periods

A day across the Judean Lowlands: Tel Maresha's underground caves, the Roman city of Beit Guvrin (Eleutheropolis), and crawling through the Bar Kochba Revolt tunnels at Horvat Midras.

Jul 2013 · 3 minute read
Underground columbarium at Tel Maresha Sidonite Burial Cave at Maresha Roman oval amphitheatre at Beit Guvrin Squeezing through the tunnels used during the Bar Kochba Revolt
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