he United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has selected the ancient city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank as a Wolrd Heritage Site in Palestine.
"Palestine succeeded in listing ancient Jericho/Tel es-Sultan on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites,” Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rula Maayah said in a statement.session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.The Old City of
and its Walls, the Church of the Nativity and the pilgrimage route in Bethlehem, the cultural landscape of southern Jerusalem and Battir, and the Old City in Hebron are already on the UNESCO list.One of the world’s oldest towns, ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan dates back beyond 10,000 BC. Located 1.5 kilometers north of modern Jericho and 10 kilometers northwest of the Dead Sea, it sits 250 meters below sea level along the Jordan Rift Valley, making it the lowest ancient town on earth.millennium BC through to the 7th century AD Byzantine era, and beyond.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the selection of ancient Jericho on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list “was a testament to the authenticity and history of the Palestinian people."The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was occupied byIsrael quit UNESCO in 2019, accusing the UN cultural agency of being biased against it. However, remains a party to the World Heritage Committee.
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