Jerusalem CNN —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 conference held in Riyadh, UNESCO said on its official X account, formerly known as Twitter.
The Palestinian Authority welcomed the decision, while Israel expressed ire.
The newly designated site, located in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, contains ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE.
“The outstanding universal value of the site qualifies it to be one of the World Heritage sites,” Ma’ayah said.
In 2010, Jericho celebrated being the oldest walled city in the world, dating back to the modern Stone Age.
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