Cave of Horrors
מערת האימה | |
Cave of Horror, 1953 | |
Cave of Horror Location in Israel | |
| Location | Nahal Hever, South District, Israel |
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| Region | Judaean Desert |
| Coordinates | 31°25′48″N 35°20′52″E / 31.43000°N 35.34778°E |
| Type | Karstic cave |
| Part of | Bar Kokhba refuge caves |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Early Roman period, Jewish–Roman wars, Byzantine period |
| Associated with | Jewish rebels |
| Events | Bar Kokhba revolt |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1953 |
| Excavation dates | 1961, 2019 |
| Archaeologists | Yohanan Aharoni, Ofer Sion, Eitan Klein, Oriya Amichay, Hagai Hamer, and Amir Ganor |
Cave of Horror (Hebrew: מערת האימה, lit. 'Me'arat Ha'Eima') is the nickname given to a refuge cave that archaeologists have catalogued as Nahal Hever Cave 8 (8Hev) of the Judaean Desert, Israel, where the remains of Jewish refugees from the Bar Kokhba revolt (c. 132–136 AD) were found.