The newly designated site, located in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, contains ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE. Jericho itself is one of the oldest continually inhabited ...

In the heart of the arid Judean Desert, beneath the gaze of timeworn cliffs and desert heat, sits the city of Jericho, a settlement that archaeologists say has been continuously inhabited for more ...

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 ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to declare the ruins outside the city, known as Tell es-Sultan or "Ancient Jericho," to be a heritage site.

On Sept. 17, the organization voted to designate Tell es-Sultan—Ancient Jericho—as a “World Heritage Site” in the “State of Palestine.” That will undermine Unesco’s stated aim of ...

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 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 United Nations conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient city of Jericho at Judea as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls ...

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. conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger ...