Ubeidiya prehistoric site
Ubeidiya, some 3 km south of the Sea of Galilee, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the early Pleistocene, c. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of one of the earliest migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa, with only the site of Dmanisi in Georgia being older.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: prehistoric site in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Abbidiyai Abyad”, “‘Abidiyah”, “‘Ubeidīya”, “Al ‘Ubeidiya”, “El ‘Ubeidīya”, “El `Ubeidiya”, “I‘badiya”, and “Tell Ubeidiya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Um Juni and Samakh.
Um Juni
Historic building
Um Juni is a historic building, which is situated 1½ km north of Ubeidiya prehistoric site.
Samakh
Ruins
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Samakh was a Palestinian Arab village at the south end of Lake Tiberias in Ottoman Galilee and later Mandatory Palestine. It was the site of battle in 1918 during World War I. Samakh is situated 2½ km northeast of Ubeidiya prehistoric site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Zera and Afikim.
Beit Zera
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Zera is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 756.
Afikim
Village
Afikim is an Israeli kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement located in the Jordan Valley three kilometers from the Sea of Galilee. It is within the jurisdiction of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,105.
Menahemia
Village
Photo: Year2517, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Menahemia is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern Israel. Located near Highway 90 between Beit She'an and Tzemah Junction 5 km south of Tzemah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.
Ubeidiya prehistoric site
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ubeidiya prehistoric site” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الثقافة العبيدية”
- Cebuano: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Chinese: “乌比迪亚”
- Dutch: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Dutch: “Ubeidiya”
- French: “Ubeidiya”
- German: “ʻUbeidiya”
- Hebrew: “אל-עובדיה”
- Hebrew: “עובדיה”
- Hebrew: “תל עובדיה”
- Latin: “ʾUbaydiya”
- Polish: “Ubeidiya”
- Russian: “Убайдия”
- Swedish: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Ukrainian: “Убейдія”
- Urdu: “عبیدیہ ماقبل تاریخ آثار قدیمہ”
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