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351:Incense Road
334:
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1495:Tel Lachish
1485:Beit Guvrin
1402:Migdal Afek
1316:Tel Megiddo
1291:Mount Tabor
1286:Mount Arbel
1271:Hurshat Tal
1266:Hula Valley
1246:Hamat Gader
1216:Beit She'an
1074:Beit Guvrin
1057:Tel Megiddo
1037:El Wad Cave
748:: III–116.
548:Discoveries
533:Alois Musil
502:Justinian I
233:, Mamshit,
145: /
121:Coordinates
1604:Categories
1585:See also:
1500:Tel Tzafit
1427:Tzur Natan
1311:Tel Kedesh
1301:Sde Amudim
1168:Bayt 'Itab
1027:Skhul Cave
818:2023-10-12
778:Three Days
703:2023-10-12
625:References
468:Madaba map
426:Madaba map
262:Designated
197:Site notes
161:Settlement
133:35°03′50″E
130:31°01′30″N
1526:Ein Avdat
1509:Beersheba
1450:Sidna Ali
1422:Tel Gezer
1306:Tel Hazor
1231:Capernaum
1178:Ein Hemed
1101:its Walls
1089:Jerusalem
1068:Caves of
1052:Tel Hazor
959:Jerusalem
850:0033-4839
754:0333-5844
367:Beersheba
363:Jerusalem
347:Byzantine
343:Nabataean
202:Condition
191:Byzantine
183:Nabataean
1566:Tel Arad
1531:Ein Gedi
1480:Ashkelon
1473:Ashkelon
1417:Tel Afek
1349:Caesarea
1326:Tzippori
1236:Chorazin
1097:Old City
902:, UNESCO
879:: 39–54.
858:23665370
762:43587598
641:. UNESCO
540:and the
519:Desert.
254:Criteria
249:Cultural
205:In ruins
179:Cultures
97:Location
1556:Nitzana
1541:Mamshit
1070:Maresha
1000:Mampsis
911:Mamshit
645:25 July
576:Gallery
570:papyrus
458:History
441:Mamshit
422:Mampsis
323:Mamshit
315:Memphis
307:Mampsis
269:session
171:Founded
166:History
92:Memphis
90:Mamshit
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31:Mampsis
1561:Shivta
1546:Masada
1536:Eshkol
1455:Yarkon
1206:Bar'am
1201:Achziv
1173:Castel
1147:Israel
1012:Masada
1005:Shivta
995:Haluza
967:Israel
955:Israel
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562:Israel
509:Israel
452:Kurnub
448:Arabic
406:UNESCO
398:Shivta
396:, and
390:Haluza
371:Hebron
355:Arabah
339:Arabic
335:Kurnub
327:Hebrew
287:Region
267:(29th
257:iii, v
239:Shivta
231:Haluza
111:Region
105:Israel
18:Kurnub
1516:Avdat
1445:Arsuf
1032:Tabun
1022:Jamal
990:Avdat
854:JSTOR
758:JSTOR
742:Qedem
566:ingot
517:Negev
475:Petra
420:name
394:Avdat
375:Negev
331:ממשית
265:2005
235:Avdat
187:Roman
115:Negev
38:ממשית
1589:and
1072:and
957:and
846:ISSN
750:ISSN
674:ISBN
647:2021
479:Gaza
477:and
435:The
416:The
412:Name
384:The
369:and
365:via
357:and
281:1107
246:Type
237:and
158:Type
1145:of
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404:by
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