Inside the Bell Caves

Bet Guvrin-Maresha and answers to my class

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March 20th 2011
Today we went to Bet- Guvrin –Maresha National Park. We saw lots of giant caves that people lived in thousands of years ago. In one cave, there were hundreds of little niches where people used to raise pigeons. They raised them for food fertilizer and sacrificing purposes. In another cave, there was an olive presser where a donkey would walk around in circles. The donkey would be attached to th ... read more

Middle East » Israel » South District » Be'er Sheva

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more