Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the Palestinian city of Jericho, in the West Bank. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. It is located 3 km north of Jericho's city center, in an area governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Hisham's Palace
The "Tree of Life" mosaic in the audience room of the bath house.
The entrance to the palace
Palace entryway
Jericho is a city in the West Bank, Palestine; it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of Palestine. Jericho is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. In 2017, it had a population of 20,907.
View of Jericho from Tell es-Sultan
Calibrated carbon 14 dates for Jericho as of 2013
Reconstruction of the Natufian-Jericho skull
Dwelling foundations unearthed at Tell es-Sultan in Jericho