Beit She'arim National Park

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ancient Jewish necropolis national park

Beit She'arim National Park is an ancient Jewish necropolis and archaeological site in northern Israel, renowned for its rock-cut catacombs and as a major burial place of prominent rabbinic figures.

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Surface form Occurrences
Beit She'arim necropolis 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Jewish necropolis ⓘ
national park ⓘ
associatedWith Jewish diaspora communities ⓘ
Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanhedrin leaders NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Beit She'arim necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bet She'arim National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsDirectedBy Benjamin Mazar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nahman Avigad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature Aramaic inscriptions ⓘ
Greek inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew inscriptions ⓘ
Palmyrene inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
lion reliefs ⓘ
menorah carvings ⓘ
sarcophagi with Jewish symbols ⓘ
hasPart necropolis of Beit She'arim NERFINISHED ⓘ
rock-cut catacombs ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern District, Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiryat Tiv'on NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn slopes of the Menashe Heights ⓘ
managedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement Beit She'arim (ancient town) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Palmyrene inscriptions ⓘ
burials of prominent rabbinic figures ⓘ
extensive Jewish catacombs ⓘ
rich funerary art ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf cultural heritage of the Jewish people ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
significantPeriod Late Roman period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
Talmudic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme Jewish burial customs in Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfUseAsNecropolis 2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Necropolis of Bet She'arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2015 ⓘ
usedAs Jewish burial site ⓘ
rabbinic necropolis ⓘ

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Kiryat Tiv'on → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Beit She'arim National Park ⓘ
Kiryat Tiv'on → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Beit She'arim National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beit She'arim necropolis