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