Nahal Hemar Cave
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Nahal Hemar Cave is an archeological cave site in Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom.
Replica Stone Mask, Nahal Hemar Cave, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period
Hemar stream canyon situated in the Judean Desert, Israel, near Masada, descending to the Dead Sea. There are headsprings located in the canyon, providing salt and sweet water during the year to local flora and fauna.
Object said to be "the oldest sickle", flint and resin, Tahunian culture, c. 7000 BC, Nahal Hemar Cave. Israel Museum.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
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The Pre-Pottery Neolithic represents the early Neolithic in the Near East, dating to c. 12,000 – c. 8,500 years ago,. It succeeds the Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic Near East, as the domestic
Nahal Hemar Cave
…Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom. The artifacts discovered here are among the most important Pre-Pottery Neolithic assemblages in the Levant. They include wooden artifacts, fragments of baskets and plaster assemblages. Objects found in the cave include rope baskets…
Sculpture of a predatory animal, Göbekli Tepe, circa 9000 BCE
Urfa Man, c. 9000 BCE. Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum.
Karahan Tepe anthropomorphic statue (2.3 meters), naked and holding phallus with both hands.
Footed bowl in granite, Syria, end of 8th Millennium BCE.