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    Jericho is a plain surrounded by a kind of mountainous country, which in a way, slopes toward it like a theatre. Here is the Phoenicon, which is mixed also with all kinds of cultivated and fruitful trees, though it consists mostly of palm trees. It is 100 stadia in length and is everywhere watered with streams.

  2. Jericho: Created by Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, Jonathan E. Steinberg. With Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott, Kenneth Mitchell. A small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado.

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  3. May 13, 2024 · Jericho, West Bank town that is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world and thus also a site of great archaeological importance. The town is perhaps most famous as the site of the biblical Battle of Jericho. In 1994 it became one of the first towns administered by the Palestinian Authority.

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  4. Jan 4, 2022 · Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest cities in the world. In the Bible, Jericho is best known as the location of an astonishing miracle God performed. Jericho was the first city conquered by Israel after crossing the Jordan River and occupying the Promised Land ( Joshua 5:13—6:23 ). Jericho’s location was key to its significance.

  5. Oct 10, 2023 · Jericho is often cited as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of settlement dating back to around 9,000 BC or earlier. The archaeological remains of a tower and wall from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age at Jericho are among the world’s earliest known fortifications.

  6. Sep 19, 2016 · Article. The city of Jericho is remembered for the story in the Book of Joshua in the Bible regarding its destruction by the Israelites. Excavations have revealed that Jericho is one of the earliest settlements dating back to 9000 BCE. It also has the oldest known protective wall in the world. Continuing excavations have revealed stone towers ...

  7. May 30, 2019 · Walls in the ancient city of Jericho, during the 1907 - 1909 excavations of Tell es-Sultan and Tulul Abu el-'Alayiq by German archeologists Ernst Sellin and Carl Watzinger, circa 1909.

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