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🏜️ Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan

Archaeology & Antiquity Palestine Asia

🏜️ Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited settlements


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 22:31

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Located in the Jordan Valley near Jericho, Palestine
  • Evidence of human settlement dating to approximately 10,000 BCE
  • Contains the Neolithic tower, among the earliest known urban fortifications
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed for testimony to early human settlement and cultural development

Tell es-Sultan, commonly known as Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological mound rising approximately 21 metres above the surrounding ...

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