Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, v
Reference	1393
UNESCO region	Western Asia
Inscription history
Inscription	2012 (36th Session)

Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve, also known as the Wadi el-Mughara Caves is a site of human evolution at Mount Carmel in Haifa, Northern Israel.^[1] It has four caves such as Me’arat HaTanur (the Oven Cave; also known as Tabun Cave), Me’arat HaGamal (the Camel Cave), Me’arat HaNahal (the Stream Cave) and Me’arat HaGedi (the Young Goat Cave). The site was proclaimed as universal value by UNESCO in 2012.

The site indicates the prehistoric man’s settlements and unique evidence of a first burial.

References

↑ "Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve - Prehistoric Humans Site". Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

External links

Media related to Nahal Mearot at Wikimedia Commons
UNESCO: Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
Nahal Me'arot recognized as World Heritage Site

Coordinates: 32°40′12″N 34°57′55″E / 32.67000°N 34.96528°E / 32.67000; 34.96528

National parks of Israel

Jerusalem District	Bayt 'Itab Canada Park¹ Castel City of David¹ Ein Hemed Emek Tzurim¹ Judaean Mountains¹ Tomb of Samuel¹

Northern District	Achziv Bar'am Beit Alfa Synagogue Beit She'an Beit She'arim Belvoir Fortress Capernaum Chorazin Gan HaShlosha Hamat Gader¹ Hamat Tiberias Harod Spring Hermon¹ Hexagons pool¹ Horns of Hattin Hula Valley Hurshat Tal Hurvat Minia Kursi¹ Montfort Castle Mount Arbel Mount Tabor Nimrod Fortress¹ Rosh HaNikra Sde Amudim Sussita Tel Hazor Tel Kedesh Tel Megiddo Tzalmon Stream Tzippori Yehi'am Fortress

Haifa District	Ancient Caesarea HaSharon Park Mount Carmel Nahal Me'arot Tel Shikmona

Central District	Alexander stream Arsuf Hof HaSharon Mazor Mausoleum Migdal Afek Palmachim beach Rubin Stream Sidna Ali Tel Afek Tel Gezer Tzur Natan Yarkon

Southern District	Ashkelon Avdat Beit Guvrin Besor Stream Ein Avdat Ein Gedi Eshkol Mamshit Masada Monument to the Negev Brigade Nitzana Semekh caves Shivta Tel Arad Tel Be'er Sheva Tel Lachish Tel Zafit

Judea and Samaria Area	Herodium¹ Qumran¹ Samaria¹

¹ Located in the Israeli-occupied territories

World Heritage Sites in Israel and East Jerusalem

Israel	Old City of Acre Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee Negev incense route Avdat Haluza Mamshit Shivta Masada Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel The Nahal Me'arot/ Wadi el-Mughara Caves Biblical Tells Tel Be'er Sheva Tel Hazor Tel Megiddo White City of Tel Aviv Caves of Maresha and Beit Guvrin Necropolis of Bet She'arim

East Jerusalem	Old City and its Walls of Jerusalem

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