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Comment: This is a tomb near Beth-shemesh. I used to think tombs were always in the sides of hills but this one is dug into the ground. You hardly know it is a tomb until you come up close.
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11/5/05 5:06 PM
This is the entrance to the tomb. Inside there is a little room with a place to lay a body and a crude sarcophagus to store the bones to make room for more bodies.

This is me crawling out of the tomb. You could probably fit 5 to 8 people in there. It now makes more sense how a person could live among the tombs (Mark 5:3).

This is the sign pointing to Tel Miqne (note the Hebrew letters above the English). I took this picture because Tel Miqne is the location of the ancient Philistine city Ekron. This is the city that sent the Ark of God back to the Israelites on a cart pulled by two milk cows separated from their calves. The cows pulled the Ark up to Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6). Anyway, it wasn't until recently that they discovered where Ekron was and I didn't want to forget where it was so I took this picture.

This is what happens if you eat too much! :) Actually this is a replica of a Philistine coffin. Tel Miqne (Ekron) is on a kibbutz and they have a nice museum and a number of outside displays. This was one of the outside displays.

The kibbutz also had a playground, which Daniel, Esther and I took advantage of.
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This slide show is dedicated to my mother who made possible our summer 2000 visit to Israel.