The World's Oldest Cities

Night market, Jerusalem

By Emma Levine

Hittite cities, Roman relics, a sacred river and the alphabet’s origin – some of the world’s oldest cities are fascinating, enlightening places to visit. Unfortunately, the city that is considered to be the oldest continually-inhabited city in the world, Damascus, is in the midst of a Syrian civil war at the moment, so here are five other choices to brush up your ancient history skills with.