Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley
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The Prehistoric Man Museum is a museum of prehistory in Kibbutz
Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel
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The museum showcases historical artifacts found in and around the kibbutz and houses an extensive collection of prehistoric tools and vessels, including hand axe
s predating human settled in the Hulah Valley
, about 780,000 BCE.
The museum's collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog.
The museum also has an ethno-geographic wing with a collection of artifacts and tools from around the world, all made from natural or organic material.
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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The museum showcases historical artifacts found in and around the kibbutz and houses an extensive collection of prehistoric tools and vessels, including hand axe
Hand axe
A hand axe is a bifacial Stone tool typical of the lower and middle Palaeolithic , and is the longest-used tool of human history.-Distribution:...
s predating human settled in the Hulah Valley
Hulah Valley
The Hula Valley is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa, Europe, and Asia. The marshland around Lake Hula, a breeding grounds for malaria, was drained in the 1950s...
, about 780,000 BCE.
The museum's collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog.
The museum also has an ethno-geographic wing with a collection of artifacts and tools from around the world, all made from natural or organic material.