Beit Guvrin Caves

Southern District · Israel

Beit Guvrin Caves, Israel
Photo: Chai, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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spring and autumn
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A landscape of hand-carved bell caves, columbaria and cisterns hollowed from soft chalk in the Judean lowlands. Ancient quarrying created vast domed underground spaces.

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