On the western slopes of the Judean Hills, south of Nahal Soreq and approximately 2 kilometers east of Bet Shemesh.
Nearest city
Bet Shemesh
Governing body
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Avshalom Cave (Hebrew: מערת אבשלום, romanized: Me'arat Avshalom), known in academic literature as Soreq Cave (Hebrew: מערת שׂורק, romanized: Me'arat Soreq; Arabic: مغارة سوريك, romanized: Mghar Suriq) and popularly as Stalactites Cave (Hebrew: מערת הנטיפים, romanized: Me'arat HaNetifim), is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in Israel, unique for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. It is a popular show cave.
The cave has been the focus of paleoclimate research, which allowed reconstruction of the region's semi-arid climate for the past 185,000 years.[1] According to the American geologist James Aronson, the Soreq Cave Nature Reserve is the Rosetta Stone of climate history in the Eastern Mediterranean.[2]
^Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments. By Ian J. Fairchild, Andy Baker. Section 12.1.2
^Eminent Jewish Geologist Voyages to Tiberias to Connect With His Roots, Haaretz
AvshalomCave (Hebrew: מערת אבשלום, romanized: Me'arat Avshalom), known in academic literature as Soreq Cave (Hebrew: מערת שׂורק, romanized: Me'arat Soreq;...
near the West Bank city of Jericho. AvshalomCave, also known as Soreq Cave or Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt.Ye'ela, in...
declared in 1965, and since expanded, spans over 11000 dunams, from the AvshalomCave Nature Reserve near Beit Shemesh, to moshav Nes Harim. Near the mouth...
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the Philistines, and thus David, fleeing from Saul, sought refuge in the cave of Adullam and made it a place of reconnoitering and organization, both,...
under public criticism when a visitor to AvshalomCave observed that none of the instructional material in the cave contained an estimate of its age, and...
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south, the so-called "Tomb of Absalom" (Hebrew: Yad Avshalom), which rises in front of the so-called "Cave" or "Tomb of Jehoshaphat", the (correctly named)...
Mujir ed-Din, and further south are the tombs of Absalom (Hebrew name: Yad Avshalom), the Hezir priestly family and of Zechariah. At the northern margin of...
chicagotribune.com/1992-08-14/news/9203130273_1_caiaphas-ossuaries-burial-cave. Specter, Michael (1992-08-16). "AUGUST 9-15; The Tomb of Caiaphas Unearthed...
sight seeing. Other attractions include natural phenomenon as Avshalom stalactites cave and natural water springs. Mate Yehuda is also home to goat cheese...
accused of stone-throwing, physical assault and provocation. In 2008, Avshalom Peled, head of the Israel Police's Hebron district, called "left-wing"...
wrote a number of academic articles. Eshel is survived by his wife, a son, Avshalom, a daughter, Michal, and three grandchildren. Albert I. Baumgarten, "Hanan...
Gruner Street, down a flight of stairs at the corner of Olei Hagardom and Avshalom Haviv Streets.[self-published source?] It was reopened in 2005 by Jacobovici...
Montt, Guatemalan career military officer and politician (d. 2018) June 18 Avshalom Haviv, (d. 1947) Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010) June 19 –...
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