an archaeological dig some say proves Jericho was first settled around 8,000 B.C., and an 8th-century Umayad palace with intricate mosaics. Many visitors also stop at the ancient sycamore ...

By the 9th to 8th millennium BC, Neolithic Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan was already a sizeable permanent settlement, as expressed by surviving monumental architectural attributes such as a wall with ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, a team of German archaeologists came across a stretch of wall in a part of the city known as Tell ed-Sultan, Jericho's ancient centre. Many have questioned ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A UN conference voted Sunday to list the ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a “World ... in Athens to the Great Wall of China — nominated by their ...

JERICHO, West Bank - A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city ... the Acropolis in Athens to the Great Wall of China - nominated by their respective ...

An image of the ancient Jericho archaeological site. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is expected to list the site of ancient Jericho, which is now an ...

A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage ... Acropolis in Athens to the Great Wall of China — nominated by their ...