Tell es-Sultan

archaeological site in the West Bank
Place archaeological_site Q2402267
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Tell es-Sultan

Summary

Tell es-Sultan is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tell es-Sultan is located in Jericho[3].
  • Tell es-Sultan is in the country of Palestine[4].
  • Tell es-Sultan's image is recorded as Tell es-sultan.jpg[5].
  • Tell es-Sultan's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Tell es-Sultan's instance of is recorded as proto-city[7].
  • Tell es-Sultan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315162784[8].
  • Tell es-Sultan's location is recorded as West Bank[9].
  • Tell es-Sultan's Commons category is recorded as Tell es-Sultan[10].
  • -9600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tell es-Sultan[11].
  • Tell es-Sultan was dissolved in -0500-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Tell es-Sultan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.87171944, 'lon': 35.44456389}[13].
  • Tell es-Sultan's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1687[14].
  • Tell es-Sultan's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[15].
  • Tell es-Sultan's vici.org ID is recorded as 2492[16].
  • Tell es-Sultan's Pleiades ID is recorded as 687917[17].
  • Tell es-Sultan's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 660[18].
  • Tell es-Sultan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+5.93'}[19].
  • Tell es-Sultan's time period is recorded as Neolithic[20].
  • Tell es-Sultan's time period is recorded as Bronze Age[21].
  • Tell es-Sultan's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[22].
  • Tell es-Sultan's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[23].
  • Tell es-Sultan's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120sd81v[24].
  • Tell es-Sultan's World Heritage Tentative List ID is recorded as 5704[25].
  • Tell es-Sultan's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtWuj5Py1nX7[26].
  • Tell es-Sultan's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Kathleen Kenyon[27].

Body

Geography

Tell es-Sultan is in the country of Palestine[4]. It is located in Jericho[3].

Physical Characteristics

Tell es-Sultan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+5.93'}[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6] and proto-city[7]. Tell es-Sultan's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[15].

History and Context

-9600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tell es-Sultan[11].

Why It Matters

Tell es-Sultan ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tell es-Sultan. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tell-es-sultan
MLA “Tell es-Sultan.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tell-es-sultan.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tell-es-sultan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tell es-Sultan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tell-es-sultan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 27d ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location West Bank
    Coordinate location {'lat': 31.87171944, 'lon': 35.44456389}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Jericho
    Inception -9600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q106491339]]"
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