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3 more caves discovered in Lebanon’s Qadisha valley

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qadisha cavesThree more marvelous caves were recently discovered in Wadi Qadisha which is known for its steep cliffs, LBC reported on Sunday .

The interior walls of the caves are covered with layers of colorful stalactites in grey and dark green, the report states.

Click here to view the newly discovered Qadisha caves

Qadisha which contains over 100 caves is one of the deepest and most beautiful valleys in Lebanon.

The word Qadisha comes from a Semitic origin meaning “holy” and Wadi Qadisha is the “Holy Valley.”

Filled with caves and rock shelters inhabited from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman period, the valley is scattered with cave chapels, hermitages and monasteries cut from rock. Since the Early Middle Ages generations of monks , hermits, ascetics and anchorites found asylum here. Even Moslem Soufis were found in this valley.

Wadi Qadisha is the home of Magharet Qadisha ( Qadisha Grotto) , which was discovered by priest John Jacob, a monk of Monastry of St. Joseph, in 1923. He was looking for the sources of Qadisha river.

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66 responses to “3 more caves discovered in Lebanon’s Qadisha valley”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, if the tourists can’t swim or tan on the polluted beaches, they can slog through a cave and get ‘religion’ thrown at them. :-)))

    1. Igor Chingoski Avatar
      Igor Chingoski

      ¡You are an IDIOT! What the hell You are mocking here! History narrates facts if they have Religion or not that is a fact of life and not to be mocked by an ignorant like You, Pedantic SOB!

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Maybe it’s history that makes me Pedantic, Igor. 😉
        And I’m an OLD SOB. Thank you.
        And, considering the present state of, for example, the Litani River, I’d be wondering exactly what those green-gray stalactites were made of. I’m waiting for them to find soft-rock caverns etched out in the north with RED stalactites – the colour of Tripoli’s favorite river – when it’s actually running.
        Read today’s ‘news’ about sewage treatment, for instance. Another product of ‘Religion’. Which gives Lebanon such great ‘touristy’ beaches.

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          lol

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, if the tourists can’t swim or tan on the polluted beaches, they can slog through a cave and get ‘religion’ thrown at them. :-)))

    1. Igor Chingoski Avatar
      Igor Chingoski

      ¡You are an IDIOT! What the hell You are mocking here! History narrates facts if they have Religion or not that is a fact of life and not to be mocked by an ignorant like You, Pedantic SOB!

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Maybe it’s history that makes me Pedantic, Igor. 😉
        And I’m an OLD SOB. Thank you.

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          lol

  3. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    Great, when in a few months the Lebanese return to the caves they shouldn’t have left 6000 years ago they will have plenty of space

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      They’ll find the Iranians already there.

      1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
        TurkishSpring2013

        dictator erdogan will leave soon, erdogan meaning son of erd

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i will also drop leborigine, fatbag

          1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i am dropping haniballo, a jerk son of erdogan wannabe

          2. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            “I will altho throp leborigine, thatbag” Hahahaha, get a life you tosser. It seems that every time you get a break from fluffing, you unload your crap here. Look, I know its not a great job keeping men excited during a rehearsal but its hard to find things like yourself who are motivated by excrements and secretions.

          3. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            ya plamma 3a 7seb al compo, eshou t3ollamtillok kom kolmeh bil austroleh; i bet you are getting words from google dictionary and putting them together without understanding; rouh anshir al soyyoro; sirt tirkob soyyoro, ma fi dobbeh mitl bil de3o

          4. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            Akkedee fee dibbe mitl bil de3o wa hadreta bti2rabak wa bitshahni2 mitlak ya fluffer

      2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
        TurkishSpring2013

        i wonder if an intelligent person would ever stutter such a derogative locution; its like saying all white people are thieves because you are black and a white person stole your house(highly improbable); you have no credibility at all. Being new to this blog, i am trying to read all the bloggers notes (easy task since you are less than the numbers of the fingers of a hand), consequently i have one less, and guess who it is! its you

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i will also drop 5th drawer…..winding winding winding …..to say nothing;

        2. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Being new on the blog? We weren’t born yesterday dude… You are the same loser who resides in Ashrafiyeh. Didn’t you get tired of being banned ya…… wait for it…. 7maar?

    2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
      TurkishSpring2013

      at least the lebanese can be traced back 6000 years unlike you son of ape, you dont know with whom your mother bitched to bring the son of the bitch you are; i bet your biological father is lebanese, fazer yifzrak fazer ya ibn al sharmootah

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        To Yalibnan…. He’s baaaaaack!!!!!! 😉

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          why are you crying little baby? who are you afraid of? Who is HE that is making you wee in your pants?

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Dork.

          2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i dont know why you are so agressive to me without knowing me; just because your nonsense writing bored me to death! try to be more useful in the future; i could be as rude as you are and respond by berk to the pork that you are

          3. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            oh mommy mommy darabne…

          4. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            I’d say more like Idiot non-savant.

          5. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i would give you a mental age of 6 and, believe you me i was very generous with you

          6. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            HE is not… But She is… he he run forest run

        2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          you may need a cave to hide from HIM; BOUWAHHHHHHHHHH….hide little sarsour

      2. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        your words do nothing but prove my point
        cavemen who were given a vocabulary
        hahaha

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i bet 5 camels on your head that you were a falastizi refugee in Lebanon

          1. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            You have class… NOT!!!!

  4. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    Great, when in a few months the Lebanese return to the caves they shouldn’t have left 6000 years ago they will have plenty of space

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      They’ll find the Iranians already there.

      1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
        TurkishSpring2013

        dictator erdogan will leave soon, erdogan meaning son of erd

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i will also drop leborigine, fatbag

          1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i am dropping haniballo, a jerk son of erdogan wannabe

          2. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            “I will altho throp leborigine, thatbag” Hahahaha, get a life you tosser. It seems that every time you get a break from fluffing, you unload your crap here. Look, I know its not a great job keeping men excited during a rehearsal but its hard to find things like yourself who are motivated by excrements and secretions.

          3. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            ya plamma, eshou t3ollamtillok kom kolmeh bil austroleh; i bet you are getting words from google dictionary and putting them together without understanding; rouh anshir al soyyoro; sirt tirkob sorroro, ma fi dobbeh

          4. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            Akkedee fee dibbe mitl bil de3o wa hadreta bti2rabak wa bitshahni2 mitlak ya fluffer

      2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
        TurkishSpring2013

        i wonder if an intelligent person would ever stutter such a derogative locution; its like saying all white people are thieves because you are black and a white person stole your house(highly improbable); you have no credibility at all. Being new to this blog, i am trying to read all the bloggers notes (easy task since you are less than the numbers of the fingers of a hand), consequently i have one less, and guess who it is! its you

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i will also drop 5th drawer…..winding winding winding …..to say nothing;

        2. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Being new on the blog? We weren’t born yesterday dude… You are the same loser who resides in Ashrafiyeh. Didn’t you get tired of being banned ya…… wait for it…. 7maar?

    2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
      TurkishSpring2013

      at least the lebanese can be traced back 6000 years unlike you son of ape, you dont know with whom your mother bitched to bring the son of the bitch you are; i bet your biological father is lebanese, fazer yifzrak fazer ya ibn al sharmootah

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        To Yalibnan…. He’s baaaaaack!!!!!! 😉

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          why are you crying little baby? who are you afraid of? Who is HE that is making you wee in your pants?

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Dork.

          2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i dont know why you are so agressive to me without knowing me; just because your nonsense writing bored me to death! try to be more useful in the future; i could be as rude as you are and respond by berk to the pork that you are

          3. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            oh mommy mommy darabne…

          4. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            I’d say more like Idiot non-savant.

          5. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
            TurkishSpring2013

            i would give you a mental age of 6 and, believe you me i was very generous with you

          6. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            HE is not… But She is… he he run forest run

        2. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          you may need a cave to hide from HIM; BOUWAHHHHHHHHHH….hide little sarsour

      2. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        your words do nothing but prove my point
        cavemen who were given a vocabulary
        hahaha

        1. TurkishSpring2013 Avatar
          TurkishSpring2013

          i bet 5 camels on your head that you were a falastizi refugee in Lebanon

          1. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            You have class… NOT!!!!

  5. helenara Avatar
    helenara

    Simply beautiful.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Like you, I assume. 😉

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        OOps … sorry … someone doesn’t think you are. :-/

  6. helenara Avatar
    helenara

    Simply beautiful.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Like you, I assume. 😉

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        OOps … sorry … someone doesn’t think you are. :-/

  7. Daniel Avatar
    Daniel

    The word Qadisha comes from a Semitic origin meaning “holy”… actually it’s a Hebrew word that means both holy and sanctified.

    1. Igor Chingoski Avatar
      Igor Chingoski

      No Qadisha is not Hebrew is Syriac Aramaic = Phoenician Language, You guys not only invade land also steal History.

  8. Daniel Avatar
    Daniel

    The word Qadisha comes from a Semitic origin meaning “holy”… actually it’s a Hebrew word that means both holy and sanctified.

    1. Igor Chingoski Avatar
      Igor Chingoski

      No Qadisha is not Hebrew is Syriac Aramaic = Phoenician Language, You guys not only invade land also steal History.

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