Zuttiyeh, Archaeological cave site in Upper Galilee, Israel.
The limestone cave features a large chamber measuring 20 meters in length and 12 to 18 meters in width, with a 10-meter-high entrance facing west.
Francis Turville-Petre conducted the first paleontological excavations at the site between 1925 and 1926, discovering the significant Galilee skull fossil.
The cave deposits contain Acheuleo-Yabrudian and Levalloiso-Mousterian tools, revealing the technological capabilities of early human populations in the Near East.
The cave sits 30 meters above the Wadi Amud riverbed, positioned 800 meters from the Nahal Amud outlet at 148 meters below sea level.
The Galilee skull found in the cave represents the first fossilized archaic human discovered in Western Asia, dated between 200,000 and 500,000 years old.
GPS coordinates: 32.85580,35.52721
Latest update: March 4, 2025 02:05
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