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The Cave of Machpela in Hebron is the traditional burial place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs. Its Herodian enclosure is one of the oldest still-standing structures in the country. Discussed here as part of a day in South Mount Hebron.

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Machpela Cave (Cave of the Patriarchs)
West Bank

South Mount Hebron

Returning from glandular fever for a complex field-trip to the South Hebron Hills: the Cave of Machpela, Tel Rumeida, the Byzantine ruins of Susya and Anim, and the illegal outpost at Avigail. Politics unavoidable, the day deeply absorbing.

Apr 2013 · 5 minute read
Machpela Cave (Cave of the Patriarchs) Ancient ruins at Tel Rumeida View over Hebron from Tel Rumeida Byzantine era synagogue at Susya Byzantine era synagogue at Susya Byzantine era synagogue at Anim View over the Hebron hills from Avigail
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