In the heart of the arid Judean Desert, beneath the gaze of timeworn cliffs and desert heat, sits the city of Jericho, a ...

Ancient Jerico/Tell es-Sultan is located northwest of present-day Jericho in the Jordan Valley in Palestine, the property is an oval-shaped Tell, or mound, that contains the prehistorical deposits of ...

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 ...

Since its discovery about 60 years ago, one of the earliest stone monuments in the history of humankind, a tower on the western edge of the ancient settlement of Tel Jericho, has inspired a number ...

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.” The decision was made at a ...

JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — 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 ...

Prehistoric ruins near the ancient city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian city of West Bank has been listed as a World Heritage Site by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N ...