Atlit Yam

Atlit Yam is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of , Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, Atlit Yam provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the coast.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: submerged neolithic settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “הכפר הניאוליתי בעתלית-ים” and “עתלית-ים”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pelegrin Fortress and Le Destroit.

Archaeological site
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of on the northern coast of , about 13 kilometres south of . is situated 590 metres south of Atlit Yam.

Archaeological site
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is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE, located on the Mediterranean shore near a site where they later built the Chateau Pelerin castle, today close to the modern town of , . is situated 1¼ km east of Atlit Yam.

Museum
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The Atlit detainee camp was an internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the , 20 kilometres south of . is situated 1½ km east of Atlit Yam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atlit and Megadim.

Town
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is a coastal town located south of , . The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the of Israel. Off the coast of is a submerged Neolithic village.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located on the Mediterranean coast near and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,215. is situated 3 km northeast of Atlit Yam.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located around twenty kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 301. is situated 3½ km south of Atlit Yam.

Atlit Yam

Latitude
32.71089° or 32° 42′ 39″ north
Longitude
34.9342° or 34° 56′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G4PPW6M+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2570064176
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2896085
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Atlit Yam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Atlit Yam”
  • Dutch: “Atlit Yam”
  • French: “Atlit Yam”
  • German: “Atlit Yam”
  • German: “Atlit-Yam”
  • Hebrew: “הכפר הנאוליתי בעתלית-ים”
  • Italian: “Atlit Yam”
  • Japanese: “アトリットヤム”
  • Portuguese: “Atlit Yam”
  • Russian: “Атлит Ям”
  • Russian: “Атлит-Ям”
  • Spanish: “Atlit Yam”
  • Turkish: “Atlit Yam”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Atlit Beach and בית קברות צלבני.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fortress Beach and Shayetet 13 Ship Monument.

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