2 Jul 2012
On Friday, 29 June 2012, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO voted to
list the Nahal Me'arot/
Carmel Caves Nature Reserve as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

(Communicated by the MFA Spokesperson)

On Friday, 29 June 2012, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO voted to
list the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel in northern Israel consists of a
group of prehistoric caves where early man lived continuously for hundreds
of thousands of years. The phenomenon of human living in this type of cave
is very rare in the world.

Nahal Me'arot joins seven other World Heritage sites that are located in
Israel. The other sites are: the Old City of Jerusalem; the Bahá'i Holy
Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee; Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor and
Beer Sheba; the Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev; Masada; the Old
City of Acre; and the White City of Tel-Aviv.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs worked alongside the Hof HaCarmel
regional council and in partnership with the University of Haifa to get the
site listed by the World Heritage Committee.