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Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)

City / RuinsMiddle East

Oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, with fortification walls and a stone tower dating to ~8000 BCE. 10,000+ years of layered human occupation.

31.8710°, 35.4441°

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Jericho | 8300 BC Stone Tower & Solstice AlignmentJericho | 8300 BC Stone Tower & Solstice AlignmentHugh Newman / Megalithomania

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