Why this ride
From Atlit it runs 183 km to Atlit; allow about 3 h 33 of riding. The stops in between: Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of, Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Tel Megiddo and back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: and Tel Megiddo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 183 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 33
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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
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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
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Planning note
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of comes up 19 km in. 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
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Planning note
37 km in you reach Biblical Tels - Megiddo.
4. 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
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Planning note
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of, about halfway. Next is Tel Megiddo.
5. Tel Megiddo
From the top of Tel Megiddo, the whole of the Jezreel Valley spreads out below you, a green and gold checkerboard of fields stretching towards Mount Tabor and the hills of Galilee. You can see at once why so many armies fought here. The mound guarded the narrow pass where the ancient coastal road, the Via Maris, crossed from the Mediterranean plain into the valley, and anyone who held it controlled one of the great trade and military routes of the ancient world.
Read the complete Tel Megiddo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Tel Megiddo sits at 74 km, about halfway. Next is back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
6. 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
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Planning note
back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of comes up 93 km in. Next is back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo.
7. back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Biblical Tels - Megiddo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
111 km in you reach back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo.
8. 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
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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:.
9. 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
The route ends here after 183 km.
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 21 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 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Biblical Tels - Megiddo to Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
Biblical Tels - Megiddo → Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of to Tel Megiddo
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of → Tel Megiddo is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tel Megiddo to back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
Tel Megiddo → back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 19 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 back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo
back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of → back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo to back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of
back through Biblical Tels - Megiddo → back through Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 17 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 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.