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Two Roman camps, one north and one south of the Nahal Hever, were discovered by the 1953 expedition. The southern camp, shown here, overlooks the Cave of Horrors, so-named because of the dozens of skeletons found inside. The Roman camps date to the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome (also known as the Bar-Kokhba Revolt) of 132–135 C.E.; the skeletons are presumably those of Jewish refugees killed when the Romans camped above discovered their cave refuge.