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Tell es-Sultan (Arabic: تل السلطان, lit. Sultan's Hill), also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.
The Tower of Jericho (Arabic: برج أريحا) is an 8.5-metre-tall (28 ft) stone structure built in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period around 8000 BC. [1] It is part of Tell es-Sultan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the State of Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.
In archaeology, the Epipalaeolithic or Epipaleolithic (sometimes Epi-paleolithic etc.) is a period occurring between the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic during the Stone Age. Mesolithic also falls between these two periods, and the two are sometimes confused or used as synonyms. More often, they are distinct, referring to approximately the same ...
The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”
Tel Jericho [60] Tower of Jericho, Wall of Jericho. A World Heritage Site [118] Shuqba cave: Type-site of the Natufian culture: Al-Sinnabra: Silwan: Kfar HaShiloah Silwan necropolis: Es Skhul: Skhul Cave [119] Solomon's Pools: Solomon's Stables: Marwani Prayer Hall Suba: Soba, Sobetha, Zova, Tel Tzova, Jabal Suba Susya [120] White Mosque ...
A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that angered Israel, which controls the ...
Epipaleolithic construction at the site appears to predate the invention of agriculture, with the construction of Natufian culture structures beginning earlier than 9000 BCE, the beginning of the Holocene epoch in geologic history. [9] Jericho has evidence of settlement dating back to 10,000 BCE.
The Natufian culture (/ n ə ˈ t uː f i ə n / [1] nə-TOO-fee-ən) is a Late Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the prehistoric Levant in Western Asia, dating to around 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. [2]