World's first skyscraper was a monument to intimidation
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Discovered by archaeologists in 1952, a 28-foot-high stone tower discovered on the edge of the town of Jericho has puzzled scientists ever since. Now, eleven centuries after it was built, Tel Aviv University archaeologists at the ancient site Tel Jericho are revealing new facts about the world's first "skyscraper."