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Avshalom Cave ((ヘブライ語:מערת אבשלום)), also known as Soreq Cave ((アラビア語:مغارة سوريك)) or Stalactites Cave ((ヘブライ語:מערת הנטיפים)), is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt.Ye'ela, in the Judean hills, in Israel, unique for its dense concentration of stalactites. The cave was discovered accidentally in May 1968, while quarrying with explosives, near Hartuv, 3 km east of Bet Shemesh, Israel. It is 83 m long, 60 m wide, and 15 m high. The cave is named after Avshalom Shoham, an Israeli soldier killed in the War of Attrition. After its discovery, the location of the cave was kept a secret for several years for fear of damage to its natural treasures. The temperature and the humidity in the cave are constant year round, and it is now open to visitors, in the heart of the 67-dunam Avshalom Nature Reserve, declared in 1975. In 2012, a new lighting system was installed to prevent the formation and growth of algae. Some of the stalactites found in the cave are four meters long, and some have been dated as 300,000 years old. Some meet stalagmites to form stone pillars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://old.parks.org.il/BuildaGate5/general2/data_card.php?Cat=~25~~739243154~Card12~&ru=&SiteName=parks&Clt=&Bur=218003539 ) 〕 ==Gallery== File:Avshalom (Soreq) Cave sign.JPG|Sign at entrance to the cave. File:Avshalom's Cave IMG 0992.JPG|Cave entrance. File:Soreq Cave 07.jpg|Stalactites in the Soreq cave. File:Stalactites cave (17).JPG| Stalactite meeting stalagmite to form a pillar. File:Cave formation.JPG|Rock formation in cave File:A Stalagmite and Stalactite touch.JPG|A Stalagmite and Stalactite almost touch File:View of Cave from above.JPG|View of Cave from above File:Beautiful cave formations.JPG|Cave formation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avshalom Cave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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