Israel, Lachish Region, interior of Columbarium cave at Tel Maresha in the Beit Guvrin National park dug in the third century BCE as quarries, burial

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Israel, Lachish Region, interior of Columbarium cave at Tel Maresha in the Beit Guvrin National park dug in the third century BCE as quarries, burial grounds, storerooms, workshops, hiding places and spaces for raising doves. Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in central Israel, 13 kilometers from Kiryat Gat, encompassing the ruins of Maresha, one of the important towns of Judah during the time of the First Temple, and Beit Guvrin, an important town in the Roman era, when it was known as Eleutheropolis.

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