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Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

Haifa District

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. The four UNESCO-listed caves are: Tabun or Tanur Cave ("Oven") Gamal or el-Jamal Cave ("Camel") El Wad or Nahal Cave ("Stream") Skhul or Gedi Cave ("Kid") The four caves were proclaimed a site of "outstanding universal value" by UNESCO in 2012. They are protected within a nature reserve. The caves were used for habitation by hominins and prehistoric humans and contain unique evidence of very early burials, at the archaeological site of el-Wad cave in the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve.

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