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.
- Ruin
- …lies at an elevation of around -200 metres (-660 feet)
- Description: prehistoric site in Israel
- Also known as“‘Abbidiyai Abyad”“‘Abidiyah”“Al ‘Ubeidiya”“El ‘Ubeidīya”“I‘badiya”“Ubeidiya”
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Ubeidiya prehistoric site
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Latitude
32.68333° or 32° 41′ north
Longitude
35.56667° or 35° 34′ east
Open location code
8G4QMHM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ubeidiya prehistoric site” goes by many names.
الثقافة العبيديةArabic
‘OvadyaCebuano
乌比迪亚Chinese
UbeidiyaDutch
עובדיהHebrew
עובדייהHebrew
ʾUbaydiyaLatin
UbeidiyaPolish
УбайдияRussian
‘OvadyaSwedish
УбейдіяUkrainian
عبیدیہUrdu
عبیدیہ ماقبل تاریخ آثار قدیمہUrdu
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