Leopard Temple
{{Short description|Archaeological site in Israel}}
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The Leopard Temple ({{Langx|he|מקדש הנמרים}}) is the name of an archaeological site of a 7,000 year old temple in the Uvda basin of the Negev in southern Israel.{{Cite news |last=Slott |first=Bill |date=7 January 2016 |title=The Leopard Temple of Uvda |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-leopard-temple-of-uvda/ |url-status= |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |date=2012-06-24 |title=The Israel Trail - a hiker's dream |url=https://www.jpost.com/travel/around-israel/the-israel-trail-a-hikers-dream |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}} The name refers to the Arabian leopard, which is no longer found in Israel.
The site was investigated by Uzi Avner and Ora Yogev on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.{{Cite web |date=3 June 2019 |title=מקדש הנמרים וגב עשרון - המלצה למסלול טיול לרכבי 4×4 בבקעת עובדה |trans-title= |url=https://www.parks.org.il/trip/mikdash/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |language=he}} It was first discovered in the early 1980s by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank that passed near it; the site was accidentally destroyed by IDF tanks in the late 1980s during a military exercise.{{Cite web |last=שקד |first=אוהד |title=כל מה שמבקרי נחל עשרון ומקדש הנמרים צריכים לדעת |url=https://www.hakolal.co.il/%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%9e%d7%94-%d7%a9%d7%a6%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9a-%d7%9c%d7%93%d7%a2%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%a4%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%aa-eilat-and-the-sur/%d7%90%d7%96%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%95%d7%90%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%9b%d7%96%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%aa/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%9e%d7%94-%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%9c-%d7%a2%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9-%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%a6%d7%a8%d7%99/,%20https://www.hakolal.co.il |access-date=2024-01-31 |language=he}}