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Cave of Death: Ancient Burial Catacomb Unearthed in Northern Israel
CC BY-SA 4.0 / Zairon / Cave town of Avdat, Negev Desert, Israel
 

The Jews who lived in Galilee 2,000 years ago were multicultural, archeologists said after examining names written in Greek on the ossuaries found in a millennia-old Tiberian catacomb in Israel.

Judging by its architectural style, the Roman-era burial cave, accidentally discovered in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias earlier this month, is about 20 centuries old.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201806121065339010-israel-catacomb-ossuary/