Bar Kokhba refuge caves
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The Bar Kokhba refuge caves are natural caves that were used for shelter by Jewish refugees during the later phases of the Bar Kokhba revolt. Most of the refuge caves were located in the Judaean Deser
A view of Nahal Hever, a riverbed near the southern Dead Sea, where refuge caves such as the Cave of Horror and Cave of Letters were discovered
The Cave of Letters, where letters sent from Simon bar Kokhba to the people of Ein Gedi were discovered
Entrance to the Te'omim cave, near Beit Shemesh, where hoards of coins, skeletons and two concealed weapons were found
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Bar Kokhba Revolt
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The Bar Kokhba Revolt, also known as the Bar Kokhba War, the War of Betar, and the Third Jewish–Roman War, was the last and most devastating of three major Jewish rebellions against the Roman Empire.
Bar Kokhba refuge caves
…The Bar Kokhba refuge caves are natural caves that were used for shelter by Jewish refugees during the later phases of the Bar Kokhba revolt. Most of the refuge caves were located in the Judaean Desert, nestled within steep cliffs far away from settlements, many overlooking the Dead Sea and…
Detail of Simon bar Kokhba from the Knesset Menorah
Coin depicting the revolt leader's first name, Simon, in Paleo-Hebrew script, alongside a date palm
A Bar Kokhba tetradrachm overstruck on a denarius. Obverse: the Jerusalem Temple façade with the rising star. Reverse: A lulav, the text reads: "for the freedom of Jerusalem"
Obverse: Grapes, the text reads: "year 1 to the redemption of Israel". Reverse: a date palm with two branches of dates; "Eleazar the Priest" around