Millenia-Old Caves in Israel Declared UNESCO Heritage Site

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It's so right that this should be declared a heritage site since it is so very ancient. It's amazing what archeologists have been able to discover in Israel, as well as in the rest of the world. We can live in a modern world, but it is interesting to find out how our ancestors lived in different parts of the world and also about the people on whose lands we are now living. .

Millenia-Old Caves in Israel Declared UNESCO Heritage Site
By Aryeh Savir June 27, 2014

The Beit Guvrin caves and the ancient town of Maresha in central Israel have been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a heritage site this week during its 38th World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar.

The man-made caves, known for their unique ‘bell caves’, represent the “land of a thousand caves” in the Judean lowlands, scattered over an area of ​​about 100 square kilometers.

The Beit Guvrin and Maresha caves join the White City of Tel-Aviv, the Biblical Tels of Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba, the Incense Route and Desert Cities in the Negev, the Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee, Masada the Old City of Acre and the Carmel caves as the eighth site to be recognized as a UNESCO Heritage site in Israel.


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