Beit She’arim
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/929943122
32.7037666, 35.1292388
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- OSM location of Beit She`arim (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
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The proposal for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List describes the site's key features, including its "vast necropolis, carved out of soft limestone" that "contains more than 30 burial cave systems." The inscribed and painted evidence is also of key importance: "Its catacombs, mausoleums, and sarcophagi are adorned with elaborate symbols and figures as well as an impressive quantity of incised and painted inscriptions in Hebrew, Aramaic, Palmyrene, and Greek, documenting two centuries of historical and cultural achievement."
Jeffrey Becker, 'Beit She’arim: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/929943122> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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