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OssuaryNecropolis of Bet She'arim - "There's plenty of light and height in most of the areas, and temperatures inside are comfortable, making it easy to spend a few hours gazing at the sheer variety of impressive ossuaries, tunnels, inscriptions and symbolic decorations." (
Wander among the ancients at an Israeli world heritage site)
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Rock Cut ArtNecropolis of Bet She'arim - "In one cave, known as the Cave of the Coffins, "the mother of all menorahs" was discovered. It stands more than six feet tall and four feet wide, and is just one of many seven-branched carved stone menorahs found throughout the site. Other carvings in that same cave are taken from the animal world." The "Menorah Caves Compound (...) preserved by special order of the Knesset, contain[s] dozens of depictions of the menorah that became the symbol of the State of Israel." (
Wander among the ancients at an Israeli world heritage site)