Cave of Letters
cave · 30 BC – 300 AD
Cave in the Nahal Hever near the western bank of the Dead Sea. In 1960-61, Yigael Yadin excavated a number of papyri from the cave, including documents related to the Bar Kokhba Revolt and the archive of Babatha.
- Coordinates
- 31.43267, 35.34294
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)