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The name Ein Gedi is frequently mentioned in the Bible, and its origin is likely from the goats and ibexes that grazed around the fertile settlement and the nearby spring. These ibexes, which are still found in the Ein Gedi area today, were already documented in
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from the early fourth century CE. Over the years, Ein Gedi became famous for growing balsam for perfumes, balsam oil, and medicines. In the mosaic uncovered in the synagogue at the site, a curse is inscribed on anyone who dares to reveal the "secret of the town" ("Raza deKarta" in
Aramaic). Most
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and singular coins were found along with an ark hoard of coins found in the synagogue. Other than that, the findings included walls, pillars ruined buildings and houses of the village, showing its expantion eastwards and northwards. Among those buildings a
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sources, and its name has been preserved to modern times (Ein Jidi). The Ein Gedi area was inhabited during different periods, and within the Ein Gedi
National Park are the remains of a temple from the
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called 'the Syrian' has "another name after the place where it grows in the greatest quantity and is the best, for it is called 'the Ein-Gedi,' being superior to that grown in other places in the
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researchers believe that this secret is the method of making balsam oil. The Greek physician
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