Why this ride
From Atlit it runs 109 km to Atlit; allow about 1 h 57 of riding. The stops in between: Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of, Biblical Tels - Megiddo and back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: and Biblical Tels - Megiddo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 109 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 57
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel:
In the caves of Nahal Me'arot, on the western slope of Mount Carmel near the coast south of Haifa, people lived on and off for half a million years, and both Neanderthals and early modern humans left their bones here. The four caves, Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul, contain one of the longest records of human evolution anywhere, and they were listed as a World Heritage Site in 2012. Tabun alone has layers spanning hundreds of thousands of years. The Natufian culture, among the first people to settle in villages before farming, also left traces in el-Wad.
Read the complete Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: is where the day begins. Next is Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
2. Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
In the second century AD, after the failed revolts against Rome, the centre of Jewish life moved to Galilee, and the Sanhedrin, the supreme rabbinical council, settled for a time at Bet She'arim, on a hill at the western edge of the Jezreel valley. Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, the patriarch who compiled the Mishnah, the first great codification of Jewish law, lived here, and when he was buried in the necropolis, Jews from all over the diaspora wanted to be buried near him. The result is a vast network of catacombs carved into the soft limestone, listed by UNESCO in 2015.
Read the complete Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Biblical Tels - Megiddo.
3. Biblical Tels - Megiddo
Megiddo is the hill that gave the world the word Armageddon, which comes from Har Megiddo, the mount of Megiddo, and it sits where the Jezreel valley opens to the coast road, a little north of the Wadi Ara pass. The tell is a long mound made of some twenty layers of ruined cities piled on top of each other, and from its top the whole green plain stretches north to the hills of Nazareth. Today it is inscribed on the World Heritage list together with two other biblical mounds.
Read the complete Biblical Tels - Megiddo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Biblical Tels - Megiddo. Next is back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
4. back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of, late in the day. Next is Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel:.
5. Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel:
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel:. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: to Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: → Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of to Biblical Tels - Megiddo
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of → Biblical Tels - Megiddo is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Biblical Tels - Megiddo to back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
Biblical Tels - Megiddo → back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of to Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel:
back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of → Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.