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Bet Guvrin


Bet Guvrin
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Copyright: EYAL BARTOV (bartove) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 74 W: 0 N: 174] (2625)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2000
Categories: Ruins
Camera: Canon EOS 1v, 17-35mm f/2.8
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-06 8:10
Viewed: 637
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Bet Guvrin, south of Beth Shemesh, is just one of these amazing places in Israel. Recently a 1700-year-old menorah was found in the vicinity. Some areas are yet unexcavated but they possibly contain more treasures from the Byzantine era; the most beautiful mosaic floors were brought to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. In the early spring the national park in the Judean hills is a feast of flowers.The Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus I was the next to rule over the city, whose pagan citizens he forced to convert to Judaism. Josephus Flavius chronicled that not so long after that the Romans incorporated it into their empire. Bet Guvrin flowered as a Jewish city until the Second Jewish War against the Romans from 132-135 CE.
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  • TheG1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 294 W: 18 N: 129] (1427)
  • [2008-07-06 12:28]

Hi Eyal,

Look a bit scary but i like it. It passes the feeling of this underground cave.

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