# Canonical recap data for Nahal Hemar Cave Ritual Deposits (9000)
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slug: nahal-hemar
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9000/nahal-hemar"
title: Nahal Hemar Cave Ritual Deposits
subtitle: Cache of ritual objects and masks reveals organized seasonal ceremonial practices in the Levantine Neolithic.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9000-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9000
decade: 9000
country:
name: Israel
slug: israel
summaryShort: Nahal Hemar Cave is an archeological cave site in Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom.
summaryLong: Nahal Hemar Cave is an archeological cave site in Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stone_Mask_Nahal_Hemar_Cave.JPG/1280px-Stone_Mask_Nahal_Hemar_Cave.JPG"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Nahal Hemar Cave"
importance: 70
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Hemar_Cave"
  title: Nahal Hemar Cave
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: Nahal Hemar Cave is an archeological cave site in Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom.
wikidataQid: Q112940062
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260103094709/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Hemar_Cave"
  capturedAt: 2026-01-03
  label: Nahal Hemar Cave
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Hemar_Cave"
