Mount Carmel Human Evolution Sites
Also known as Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves, Grottes de Nahal Me'arot, Grottes de Nahal Mearot, Naẖal Me‘arot, Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Sites de l'évolution humaine du mont Carmel : les grottes de Nahal Me'arot / Wadi el-Mughara, Sites de l’évolution humaine du mont Carmel : les grottes de Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, Wadi el-Mughara, נחל מערות
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (v).
Region
Europe and North America
Israel
Inscribed
2012
Area
54 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mount Carmel Human Evolution Sites is about 17 km south of Haifa. The nearest other World Heritage site is Beit She'arim Necropolis, about 16 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Haifa · about 1,011,000 peopleabout 17 km north
- Nazareth · about 151,000 peopleabout 30 km east
- Nablus · about 216,000 peopleabout 55 km south-east
- Tel Aviv · about 3,112,000 peopleabout 70 km south
- Irbid · about 650,000 peopleabout 85 km east
- Ramla · about 64,000 peopleabout 85 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IsraelCultural16 km away
IsraelCultural22 km away
IsraelCultural30 km away
PalestineCultural49 km away
IsraelCultural68 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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