A United Nations committee has voted to declare ruins near the ancient city of Jericho a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a move that has angered some Israeli officials. The World Heritage Committee ...
When people picture the ancient world, they often imagine ruins behind museum glass. But many of the world’s oldest cities are still alive, loud, and surprisingly ordinary. Streets mapped out ...
A lot of people from Christian homes grew up hearing stories from the Bible, one of the world's oldest texts. These stories mentioned great cities, some of which were destroyed and others had powerful ...
Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz sent a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay asking her to prevent ancient Jericho from being listed as in the “State of Palestine.” Illouz, a member of the ...
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 ...
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