Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
A World Heritage Site in Israel, inscribed in 2012 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2012
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(v)
- Property area
- approx. 54 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 32.6686, 34.9681
- UNESCO ID
- 1393
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Names in other languages
- French
- Sites de l’évolution humaine du mont Carmel : les grottes de Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara
- Spanish
- Sitio de evolución humana del Monte Carmelo: cuevas del Nahal Me’arot/Uadi Al Mughara
Other World Heritage Sites in Israel
- Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (2008)
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (2005)
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves (2014)
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (2005)
- Masada (2001)
- Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal (2015)
- Old City of Acre (2001)
- White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement (2003)
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