Jericho

"Jericho, one of the world's oldest towns, easily out-competes the Great Pyramid of Giza in age. The first settlement in this area dates to 10,000 BCE by the Natufian culture, but this settlement was more of a campground than a city. This is due to the harsh conditions of the Younger Dryas Period, where temperatures were colder and droughts more common in this part of the world. The first permanent settlement was during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period between 9500-9000 BCE. During this time, many hallmarks that make Jericho an iconic archaeological site were first documented. Small circular homes, the burial of the dead underneath buildings, the depictions of ancestors in statuary form, the development of agriculture, and the use of clay-and-straw bricks. In around 8000 BCE, a tower and a city wall were built. These are some of the earliest examples of this kind of architecture ever."