World Heritage Sites in Israel Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 25 entries checked · 20 flagged · 46 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 46 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Acre, Israel — The claim that Acre is the holiest city of the Baháʼí Faith in Israel is inaccurate; the Baháʼí World Centre is in Haifa, and Acre is a holy city but not the holiest overall.

Acre, Israel — The claim that Acre was the last Crusader outpost in the Holy Land is misleading; the island of Ruad (Arwad) was held by Crusaders until 1302, making it the last outpost.

Avdat — The entry states that an earthquake in the early 8th century CE caused continuous habitation to end, but the site was largely abandoned after a devastating earthquake in the early 7th century CE (around 630 CE), not the early 8th century.

Avdat — The entry claims the latest Nabataean inscription ever found in Palestine was discovered in the ruins of an early 5th-century earthquake. In fact, the latest known Nabataean inscription from the region dates to the 4th century CE (around 356 CE), and it was no

Baháʼí World Centre buildings — The Terraces are described as '18+1 garden terraces' and 'nine above, one around, and nine below' — but the canonical layout is nine above, one (the Shrine terrace), and nine below, totaling 19; the phrase 'one around' is ambiguous and incorrect.

Baháʼí World Centre buildings — The 'House of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá' is said to have been 'completed in 1908 on Haparsim Street' — but its address is 7 Hagefen Street, not Haparsim Street.

Tel Be'er Sheva — The entry states the site was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, but it was actually inscribed in 2005 as part of the 'Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba' serial site.

Tel Be'er Sheva — The entry says the national park was established in 1990, but Tel Be'er Sheva National Park was declared in 1993.

Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park — Maresha was destroyed by the Parthians in 40 BCE but was later partially resettled, so saying it was 'never rebuilt' is inaccurate.

Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park — Beit Guvrin was granted city status in 200 CE as a Roman colony named Eleutheropolis; calling it a 'Greek name' is misleading.

Beit She'arim necropolis — The entry states the necropolis lies 20 kilometers east of Haifa, but the actual location is approximately 20 km southeast of Haifa.

Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village) — The period listed as '1st century BCE to 3rd century CE' is too narrow; the site continued to be used into the 4th–5th centuries CE, and the necropolis remained active after the 3rd century.

Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village) — The statement 'It served as the seat of the Sanhedrin' is disputed and not universally accepted in established canon; while Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi presided there, the Sanhedrin's seat is traditionally associated with other locations.

Elusa (Haluza) — The entry states Elusa was founded in the late 4th or early 3rd century BCE, but archaeological evidence suggests the Nabataean settlement began in the 3rd century BCE, not the late 4th century BCE.

Elusa (Haluza) — The entry claims Zenobius was a 4th-century rhetorician and teacher of Libanius, but Zenobius (the sophist) was a 2nd-century CE writer, not a 4th-century figure; Libanius was a 4th-century sophist, but Zenobius is not recorded as his teacher.

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