Bet Guvrin Columbarium Nesting Boxes - 1 Stock Image

This cave at Bet Guvrin was used for for nesting boxes that were carved into the walls to raise doves which were used to provide fertilizer and eggs, and also served as a source of meat in the Third Century BCE by the Greeks occupying the area. This type of place to raise dowves was known as a Columbarium from the Latin word for dove - columba