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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Mount Carmel

Undated photo of Late Roman Period ring discovered by 13-year-old Yair Whitestone while hiking on Mount Carmel. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 17, 2024, 12:56 pm
Teen finds 1,800-year-old ring featuring Minerva, Roman goddess of battle
Yair Whitestone, 13, found ring while hiking near Haifa with reservist dad, was commended for turning it over to Antiquities Authority; goddess was ‘very popular’ in Land of Israel
By ToI Staff
Aerial view of the Haifa University. September 20, 2018. (Matanya Tausig/FLASH90)
January 9, 2022, 7:55 am
Body of woman, 24, found near University of Haifa
Paramedics say she was apparently hiking in area of the Nahal Kelach stream; circumstances of death not clear
By ToI Staff
A stone abrasion tool, dated to be some 350,000 years old, that was found in the Tabun Cave in Mount Carmel. (University of Haifa)
December 27, 2020, 5:03 pm
Stone found in Israel is oldest known tool in world used for ‘delicate’ abrading
Archaeologists determine that 350,000-year-old cobble was used by hominids as they worked on soft materials at Mount Carmel site; exactly what they were producing remains a mystery
By Stuart Winer
Researchers with the University of Haifa dig up Natufian remains in the Mount Carmel area of northern Israel. (Courtesy/Reuven Yeshurun, University of Haifa)
June 12, 2020, 1:15 pm
Israeli researchers find first evidence ancient humans ate snakes, lizards
University of Haifa archaeologists say residents of Mount Carmel snacked on reptiles some 15,000 years ago, possibly as part of transition to sedentary lifestyle
By Luke Tress
An Israeli firefighter plane helps extinguish a bushfire in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on November 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
November 24, 2016, 3:37 pm
Prisons service readies to evacuate inmates from Haifa-area jails
Operation planned to move 600 prisoners and 150 prison workers; evacuation of prison led to deaths of 44 in 2010 Carmel blaze
By ToI Staff
A 1,600-year-old glass shard imprinted with two menorahs, one fully lit (Courtesy: Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 24, 2014, 5:21 pm
Archaeologists uncover 1,600-year-old menorah bracelet on Hanukkah
Last day of Mount Carmel excavation turns up rare turquoise glass shard
By Lazar Berman
A view of the Baha'i Gardens in Haifa (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 29, 2014, 11:01 am
Walking tall on Haifa’s panoramic promenade
Gaze down upon a glorious history, from the days of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the modern Baha’i Gardens
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A US Army Patriot Missile launcher (photo credit: US Army/Wikipedia)
October 8, 2012, 7:37 pm
Patriot anti-missile battery deployed to Mount Carmel
Move follows drone’s incursion into Israel; experts believe Hezbollah has ‘dozens’ of UAVs
By Yifa Yaakov
One of the Carmel Tunnels in Haifa, prior to its opening in 2010. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
August 20, 2012, 9:39 am
Haifa drafts plans for national emergency
Municipality aims to use Carmel Tunnels as public bomb shelters, manage city from massive command center
By Ilan Ben Zion
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