Cave of Letters
The Cave of Letters is a refuge cave in Nahal Hever in the Judaean Desert where letters and fragments of papyri from the Roman Empire period were found.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of around 130 metres (430 feet)
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Cave of Letters
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Latitude
31.43267° or 31° 25′ 58″ north
Longitude
35.34294° or 35° 20′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G3QC8MV+35
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Cave of Letters” goes by many names.
كهف الحروفArabic
كهف الرسائلArabic
Me’arot Ha’IgrotCebuano
كهف الحروفEgyptian Arabic
Me’arot Ha’IgrotHebrew
מערות האגרותHebrew
מערות האיגרותHebrew
מערת האגרותHebrew
מערת האיגרותHebrew
Gua SuratIndonesian
BrevgrottaNorwegian Nynorsk
Me’arot Ha’IgrotSwedish
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