Cave of Horrors
Cave of Horrors or Cave of Horror is the nickname given to a refuge cave that archaeologists have catalogued as Nahal Hever Cave 8 of the Judaean Desert, Israel, where the remains of Jewish refugees from the Bar Kokhba revolt were found.- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 141 metres (463 feet)
- Description: area in the Judaean Desert in Israel
- Also known as“Cave of Horror”“Me’arat Ha’Eima”“Me`arat Ha’Ema”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of Letters.
Cave of Letters
Cave
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Gedi.
Ein Gedi
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Cave of Horrors
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Latitude
31.4317° or 31° 25′ 54″ north
Longitude
35.33207° or 35° 19′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G3QC8JJ+MR
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Cave of Horrors” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف الرعب”
- Cebuano: “Me‘arat Ha’Ema”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف الرعب”
- French: “Caverne des horreurs”
- French: “Grotte des horreurs”
- Hebrew: “Me‘arat Ha’Ema”
- Hebrew: “מערת האימה”
- Macedonian: “Пештера на Ужасот”
- Portuguese: “Caverna do Horror”
- Spanish: “cueva de los horrores”
- Spanish: “Cueva de los horrores”
- Spanish: “cueva del horror”
- Swahili: “Pango la hofu”
- Swedish: “Me‘arat Ha’Ema”
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