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A United Nations conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as...

Indias Santiniketan and Tell es-Sultan of Palestine have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage sites list along with half a dozen other sites in Iran, Ethiopia, Cambodial, Mongolia, and also Tajikistan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan Silk Roads.

Israeli authorities were upset by a UN committee's decision to label ruins near Jericho a World Heritage Site in Palestine.

The decision was taken during the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.

Established in 1901 by the Nobel Laureate, Santiniketan was a residential school and centre for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries.

UN body, which Israel quit in 2019, to hold vote at Saudi Arabia conference; Likud MK accuses cultural organization of obscuring site's biblical significance

The face of the famous plastered Jericho skull, found with an ancient facial reconstruction as one of the Neolithic ritual practices, has had a realistic modern-day upgrade.

Fictitious. >> yes, there are some battles. yes, theres some killing. but overall, theyre coming in and theyre living side by side with some of the canaanites. >> this sounds radical, but when i talk to most people theyre relieved. the genocide that is gods will, yahwehs will, never happened. >> reporter: for some the story told in the book of joshua presents a troubling picture of a violent god. but others draw a sense of mission from the very same story. a few days after we visited jericho our...

For better or for worse. however you view that kind of image. whether thats one of excitement and action or thats one of hey, this is war, and war can be ugly. >> reporter: in this war the bible makes clear that no prisoners should be taken alive. every man, woman, and child should be slaughtered. and according to the bible, this bloody battle was just the first stop on joshuas campaign. >> now, according to the book of joshua, the israelite troops invaded en masse from transjordan and in a peri...

Its the story of wandering for 40 years, joshuas more action-packed. this is where they come on in and they take over. ♪ fought the battle of jericho >> reporter: as told in the book of joshua the conquest of canaan has all the trappings of a summer blockbuster. ♪ and the walls came tumbling down ♪ >> sounds like a movie. its an action-packed scene. >> reporter: with the ark of the covenant leading the way, joshua crossed the river jordan with his army. >> im sure this is an elite fighting...