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Caves of the Judean Shephelah

Arqan el-Hala Cave

The large olive-press complex at Horvat Arqan el-Hala is a developed cave consisting of a number of installations and cavities that were hewn in chalk and nari rocks of Middle Eocene age.

At Horvat Arqan el-Hala there are dozens of underground cavities that have been studied by Boaz Zissu since 1997. Yair Zoran and Shmuel Riklis reported some of these cavities, while others were located by Alon Klein during searches for antiquities robbers

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