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Tell as-Sultan

Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is a UNESCO-nominated archaeological site in the West Bank, located adjacent… Read more…

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Tell as-Sultan
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Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is a UNESCO-nominated archaeological site in the West Bank, located adjacent to the Ein as-Sultan refugee camp two kilometres north of the centre of Jericho. The tell was inhabited from the 10th millennium BCE, and has been called "the oldest town in the world", with many significant archaeological finds; the site is also notable for its role in the history of Levantine archaeology.

The area was first identified as the site of ancient Jericho in modern times by Charles Warren in 1868, on the basis of its proximity to the large spring of Ain es-Sultan that had been proposed as the spring of Elisha by Edward Robinson three decades earlier.

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Address (Unnamed Road), Palestinian Territories
Coordinates 31°52'15.778" N, 35°26'38.923" E
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