Shuqba Cave
Shuqba Cave is an archaeological site in Wadi Natuf near the town of Shuqba in the West Bank, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine. The cave is the type-site for the prehistoric Natufian culture.Photo: Wala fatayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave and archaeological site in the West Bank
- Also known as: “Shuqba cave”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shuqba and Shabtin.
Shuqba
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shuqba is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine. Shuqba has a total area of 13,990 dunams, and the built-up area comprises 616 dunams.
Shabtin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank. Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres north-west of Ramallah.
Nili
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nili is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located 3.8 kilometres east of the Green line and a few hundred metres from the Palestinian village of Deir Qaddis, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Shuqba Cave
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.98209° or 31° 58′ 56″ northLongitude
35.04322° or 35° 2′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8G3QX2JV+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4907595860OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q7505195
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Shuqba Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مغارة شقبا”
- Catalan: “Cova de Shuqba”
- Chinese: “舒克巴洞穴”
- Dutch: “Shuqba-grot”
- Dutch: “Shuqbagrot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة شقبا”
- French: “grotte de Shukba”
- French: “grotte de Shuqba”
- French: “Grotte de Shuqba”
- German: “Shuqba-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת נחל נטוף”
- Hebrew: “מערת נטוף”
- Hebrew: “מערת שוקבא”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bauma de Shuqba”
- Persian: “غار شقبه”
- Spanish: “cueva de Shuqba”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Shuqba”
Notable Places Nearby
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