Cave of Horrors
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cave
- Description: area in the Judaean Desert in Israel
- Also known as: “Cave of Horror”, “Me’arat Ha’Eima”, and “Me`arat Ha’Ema”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of Letters.
Cave of Letters
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of Letters is a refuge cave in Nahal Hever in the Judean Desert where letters and fragments of papyri from the Roman Empire period were found. Cave of Letters is situated 1 km east of Cave of Horrors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Gedi.
Ein Gedi
Village
Photo: Omer bern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ein Gedi is a kibbutz on the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. Located on the edge of the Judaean Desert at the site of historic Ein Gedi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council. Ein Gedi is situated 6 km northeast of Cave of Horrors.
Cave of Horrors
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.4317° or 31° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
35.33207° or 35° 19′ 55″ eastElevation
141 metres (463 feet)Open location code
8G3QC8JJ+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 6970242285OpenStreetMap 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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