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 ...

Archaeology has frequently been politicised ... the extreme right-wing party led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, stated that “the sites at Jericho have a connection to the Jewish people, as is told in ...

“The property proposed for nomination is the prehistoric archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan located outside the antique site of Jericho,” Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO’s assistant director ...

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 ...

In 2023, UNESCO recognized the historical importance of Jericho by inscribing it on the World Heritage List. The decision underscored the cultural and archaeological value of the region ...