"Oldest Fortified City" Tell al-Sultan In Palestine A World Heritage Site

The decision, which was posted by the organisation on X, formerly Twitter, was taken at UNESCO's 45th world heritage committee meeting held in Riyadh.

The United Nations' cultural organisation inscribed the "pre-historic site of Tell al-Sultan" located near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho on its World Heritage List on Sunday, UNESCO said.

The decision, which was posted by the organisation on X, formerly Twitter, was taken at UNESCO's 45th world heritage committee meeting held in Riyadh.

"The property proposed for nomination is the prehistoric archaeological site of Tell al-Sultan, located outside the antique site of Jericho," UNESCO's assistant director general, Ernesto Ottone, said at a session held to inscribe the site.