Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan

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Exploring the Ancient History of Tell es-Sultan (Ancient Jericho)

Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is a significant archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Jordan Valley, northwest of present-day Jericho in Palestine. This ancient settlement, encompassing the prehistoric deposits of human activity, offers a unique glimpse into the evolution of human civilization.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

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 human activity, and includes the adjacent perennial spring of ‘Ain es-Sultan. By the 9th to 8th millennium BC, Neolithic Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan was already a sizeable permanent settlement, as expressed by surviving monumental architectural attributes such as a wall with a ditch and a tower. It reflects the developments of the period, which include the shifting of humanity to a sedentary communal lifestyle and the related transition to new subsistence economies, as well as changes in social organisation and the development of religious practices, testified by skulls and statues found. The Early Bronze Age archaeological material on the site provides insights into urban planning, while vestiges from the Middle Bronze Age reveal the presence of a large Canaanite city-state, equipped with an urban centre and technologically innovative rampart fortifications, occupied by a socially complex population.

Encyclopedia Record: Tell es-Sultan

Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.

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