"Ancient Jericho/ Tell es-Sultan is one of the oldest towns in the world, dating back to more than 10,000 BP. It is located 10 kilometres northwest of the Dead Sea and 1.5 kilometres north of the modern Jericho (Ariha) city in the lower part of the Jordan Rift Valley at 250 meters below sea level, making it the lowest ancient town in the world. The area’s diverse geological formation and unique tropical and sub-tropical climate zones, alluvial soil, and perennial springs made it an attractive fertile oasis to hunter-gathers, whom had settled down to a sedentary way of life in the Late Epipaleolithic period, and subsequently their descendants, the Natufians, whom might have started the domestication process during the tenth millennium BC. In the Neolithic periods, Jericho witnessed the development of agriculture and a complex and thriving community."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
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