UNESCO adds ruins near ancient Jericho to list of World Heritage Sites in Palestine

UNESCO adds ruins near ancient Jericho to list of World Heritage Sites in Palestine

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A U.N. conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian state. Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited…

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