Ohalo II
Ohalo II is an archaeological site in the Northern District, Israel, near Kinneret, on the southwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is one of the best preserved hunter-gatherer archaeological sites of the Last Glacial Maximum, radiocarbon dated to around 23,000 BP.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hotel
- Description: Early Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Ahalo”, “Aẖuzat Ohalo”, “Beit Berl”, “Berl Katzenelson Building”, “Bet Berl”, “Ohalo”, “Ohelo”, and “Oholo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Sinnabra and Yardenit baptism site.
Al-Sinnabra
Ruins
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Al-Sinnabra or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern-day Israel. The ancient site lay on a spur from the hills that close the southern end of the Sea of Galilee, next to which towards its south being the tell, Khirbet Kerak or Bet Yerah, one of the largest in the Levant, spanning an area of over 50 acres. Al-Sinnabra is situated 200 metres northwest of Ohalo II.
Yardenit baptism site
Church
Photo: Star Mississippi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yardenit, also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the Jordan River in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims. Yardenit baptism site is situated 610 metres south of Ohalo II.
Beit Yerach high school
School
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Beit Yerach high school is situated 350 metres southeast of Ohalo II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Degania Alef and Kvutzat Kinneret.
Degania Alef
Village
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Degania Alef is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The Jewish communal community was founded in 1910, making it the earliest Labor Zionist farming commune in the Land of Israel.
Kvutzat Kinneret
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Kvutzat Kinneret, also known as Kibbutz Kinneret, is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The settlement group was established in 1913, and moved from the Kinneret training farm to the permanent location in 1929.
Moshavat Kinneret
Village
Kinneret, also known as Moshavat Kinneret to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of Kvutzat Kinneret, is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
Ohalo II
- Categories: archaeological site, accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Ohalo II” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ohalo II”
- Danish: “Ohalo II”
- Danish: “Ohalo”
- Dutch: “Ohalo II”
- French: “Ohalo II”
- French: “Ohalo”
- Galician: “Ohalo II”
- German: “Ohalo II”
- Hebrew: “אהלו”
- Hebrew: “אוהלו 2”
- Hebrew: “אוהלו”
- Hebrew: “אחוזת אוהלו”
- Hebrew: “בית ברל”
- Latin: “Ohalo II”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ohalo”
- Norwegian: “Ohalo”
- Polish: “Ohalo II”
- Portuguese: “Ohalo”
- Romanian: “Ohalo”
- Russian: “Охало”
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