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Mount Carmel ( Hebrew: הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, romanized : Har haKarmel; Arabic: جبل الكرمل, romanized : Jabal al-Karmil ), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (Arabic: جبل مار إلياس, romanized: Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit. 'Mount Saint Elias/ Elijah '), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the ...
Status. Open to public. Mount Carmel National Park ( Hebrew: פארק הכרמל, Park HaKarmel) is Israel's largest national park, extending over most of the Carmel mountain range and containing over 10,000 hectares of pine, eucalyptus, and cypress forest. The park has numerous bicycle and walking paths, dedicated nature reserves, and over 250 ...
Tabun Cave. / 32.6705000°N 34.9655000°E / 32.6705000; 34.9655000. Distribution of the Neanderthal, and main sites, including Tabun cave. The Tabun Cave is an excavated site located at Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel and is one of the Human Evolution sites at Mount Carmel, which were proclaimed as having universal value by UNESCO ...
Facade faces South. The Stella Maris Monastery is a Catholic Christian monastery for Discalced Carmelite monks, located on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. [ 1] The main church inside the Stella Maris Monastery is said to contain the Cave of Elijah, a grotto associated with the Biblical prophet Elijah. [ 1]
Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve. / 32.67000°N 34.96528°E / 32.67000; 34.96528. The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara ("Caves Creek"), named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel. [ 1][ 2] The four ...
Carmel (biblical settlement) / 31.42361°N 35.13306°E / 31.42361; 35.13306. Carmel was an ancient Israelite town in Judea, lying about 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) from Hebron, on the southeastern frontier of Mount Hebron. [ 1][ 2] According to the Bible, Saul erected a victory monument in Carmel to memorialize his triumph over Amalek. [ 3]
Upper Galilee. Region. Israel. History. Periods. Middle Paleolithic. Cultures. Mousterian, Levantine Aurignacian, Natufian. Raqefet Cave ( Cyclamen Cave) is a Late Natufian archaeological site located in Mount Carmel in the north of Israel.
Nahal Oren is an archaeological site on the northern bank of the wadi of Nahal Oren ( Hebrew )/Wadi Fallah ( Arabic) on Mount Carmel, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Haifa, Israel. [ 1] The site comprises a cave and the small terrace in front of it, which steeply descends towards the wadi floor. [ 2] The site was first excavated in 1941. [ 1]