Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site nature reserve prehistoric site

Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological and natural site on Israel’s Carmel Range, known for its prehistoric caves and evidence of early human habitation.

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Label Occurrences
Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve canonical 3
שמורת טבע נחל מערות 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
nature reserve ⓘ
prehistoric site ⓘ
contains archaeological deposits ⓘ
paleontological remains ⓘ
prehistoric caves ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
ecosystem Mediterranean woodland and shrubland ⓘ
geologicalContext limestone cliffs of Mount Carmel ⓘ
governingBody Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf Neanderthal remains ⓘ
animal bones ⓘ
early anatomically modern humans ⓘ
early burials ⓘ
plant remains ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
transition from hunter-gatherer to sedentary life ⓘ
hasPart Jamâl Cave ⓘ
Skhul Cave ⓘ
Tabun Cave ⓘ
el-Wad Cave ⓘ
heritageDesignation Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage property "Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves"
inscriptionYear 2012 ⓘ
knownFor Middle Paleolithic remains ⓘ
Natufian culture ⓘ
surface form: Natufian culture remains

Upper Paleolithic remains ⓘ
evidence of early human habitation ⓘ
long sequence of human evolution ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Carmel Range ⓘ
Haifa District ⓘ
locatedNear Kibbutz Ein Carmel ⓘ
Mediterranean coast ⓘ
offers educational displays ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
marked trails ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
officialNameInHebrew Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: שמורת טבע נחל מערות
partOf Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel ⓘ
timeDepthOfOccupation more than 500,000 years ⓘ
topography wadi (stream valley) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 1393 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carmel Range → contains → Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve ⓘ
Mount Carmel → contains → Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve ⓘ
Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve → officialNameInHebrew → Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: שמורת טבע נחל מערות
Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves → alsoKnownAs → Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve ⓘ