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Horvat Midras

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Roman-era ruined city in the Judean Foothills with extensive underground cave system, a small step-pyramid, and unique carved stone wheels of unknown function. Surface ruins date to Second Temple Period (516 BCE - 70 CE). The pyramid and the underground complex invite questions about earlier substrate construction and the function of the stone wheels.

31.6347°, 34.9667°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; geometry beyond period explanation; stones fitted without mortar, almost no gap.
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