You can also find it spelt Bet She'arayim meaning "House of Two Gates", or Kfar She'arayim, Village of Two Gates". It is located 20km east of Haifa in the southern foothills of the Lower Galilee. It is written that the Roman Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, in his Vita, referred to the town in Greek as "Besara".
Over 300 inscriptions found, written in Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Palmyrene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_She%27arim_National_Park
In this cave the documentary says that the Prince of Judah was buried in this cave. It was a very small town, so the investigators ask why did the location require walls and protection?
One of the theories is that the 9-ton glass slab was originally a window in the temple that was destroyed, that this glass slab is a remnant from the original temple. It would certainly provide a motive and reason of why the remnant was protected and so closely guarded.
The oldest glass factory was also found in Israel and the oldest made glass was found on this ancient and within this historic country.
This documentary is eight minutes long, very interesting indeed. Next time I go to Israel I will try to visit the cave.
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