Geography
The Cave of Letters is located in the desert near the border of Israel and Judean, in a ravine called the Nahal Hever, ~ 20 km south of the site of where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. It is a few kilometers south of En-gedi, and about 10 kilometers north of Masada, on the west shore of the Dead Sea.
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