Mysterious 11,000 – Year-Old Tower Of Jericho: Was World’s First Skycraper A Symbol Of Power Or An Ancient Time-Keeping Device?

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The mysterious 11,000-year-old Tower of Jericho was an impressive ancient structure. It was the world’s first skyscraper that over the years has inspired a number of theories about why it was built. Some have suggested the 28-foot (8.5 meters) ancient tower was a symbol of power.

Other scientists have proposed it was intended to serve as a marker or an ancient time-keeping device.

Tower of Jericho, Tell es-Sultan archaeological site, ca. 7000 BC. Image credit: Reinhard Dietrich  –Public Domain

It is also possible the Tower of Jericho reflected the primeval fears and cosmological beliefs of ancient people. The Tower of Jericho was built around 8000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. It is among the earliest stone monuments of humanity.

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