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What We Dug Up This Month - Vol VI
08-09-2012
UNESCO named the Nahal Me'arot caves in northern Israel as a new World Heritage Site this month, the seventh tourism site in Israel to be to added to the prestigious list. Located on the western slope of northern Israel's Carmel Mountain range, the series of four caves--Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul--was defined by UNESCO as a "key site" that illustrates a fascinating link in human evolution. The 22-acre Nahal Me'arot caves contain artifacts spanning more than 500,000 years of history, including early stone architecture and ancient burial sites, and provides evidence of the existence of Neanderthals and "early 
A WWI-era bunker was recently discovered near the Dead Sea in Israel. The ancient German bunker included ancient walkie-talkies and artillery preserved in near perfect condition thanks to the high salt content in the water. The bunker is believed to have belonged to a regiment from the Imperial German army which was stationed in the northern Dead Sea region during World War I.