Cave of Letters
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of Horrors.
Cave of Horrors
Cave
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 of Horrors is situated 1 km west of Cave of Letters.
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 4½ km northeast of Cave of Letters.
Cave of Letters
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.43267° or 31° 25′ 58″ northLongitude
35.34294° or 35° 20′ 35″ eastElevation
130 metres (427 feet)Open location code
8G3QC8MV+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 4562335229OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Cave of Letters” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف الحروف”
- Arabic: “كهف الرسائل”
- Cebuano: “Me’arot Ha’Igrot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف الحروف”
- French: “grotte aux lettres”
- French: “Grotte aux lettres”
- German: “Höhle der Briefe”
- Hebrew: “Me’arot Ha’Igrot”
- Hebrew: “מערות האגרות”
- Hebrew: “מערות האיגרות”
- Hebrew: “מערת האגרות”
- Hebrew: “מערת האיגרות”
- Indonesian: “Gua Surat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brevgrotta”
- Spanish: “cueva de las Cartas”
- Spanish: “Cueva de las Cartas”
- Swedish: “Me’arot Ha’Igrot”
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