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The Leopard Temple (Hebrew: מקדש הנמרים) is the name of an archaeological site of a 7,000 year old temple in the Uvda basin of the Negev in southern Israel.[1][2] The name refers to the Arabian leopard, which is no longer found in Israel.
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The site was investigated by Uzi Avner and Ora Yogev on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.[3] It was first discovered in the early 1980s by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank that passed near it; the site was accidentally destroyed by IDF tanks in the late 1980s during a military exercise.[4]
References
edit- ^ Slott, Bill (7 January 2016). "The Leopard Temple of Uvda". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "The Israel Trail - a hiker's dream". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "מקדש הנמרים וגב עשרון - המלצה למסלול טיול לרכבי 4×4 בבקעת עובדה" (in Hebrew). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ שקד, אוהד. "כל מה שמבקרי נחל עשרון ומקדש הנמרים צריכים לדעת" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-31.