Archaeological evidence shows Jericho in the West Bank has been continuously inhabited for over 11,000 years, making it one of the oldest, and by some accounts the oldest, continuously inhabited cities on Earth.
Record no. MRB-2026-007037
Oldest continuously inhabited city in the world
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