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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.
- −258 m (−846 ft)
- 58,701 dunams (58.701 km² or 22.665 sq mi)
- 9600 BCE
- State of Palestine
Jericho is a drama that follows the survivors of a nuclear attack on a small town in Kansas. The series explores their struggles to survive, rebuild, and resist the new government that emerges after the disaster.
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- 2006-09-20
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Oct 10, 2023 · Jericho is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a rich and complex history. Learn about its geographical location, ancient walls, tombs, agriculture, and its role in the biblical story of the Battle of Jericho.
May 13, 2024 · West Bank. Jericho, town located in the West Bank. Jericho is one of the earliest continuous settlements in the world, dating perhaps from about 9000 bce. Archaeological excavations have demonstrated Jericho’s lengthy history. The city’s site is of great archaeological importance; it provides evidence of the first development of permanent ...
- Kathleen Mary Kenyon
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.
Sep 19, 2016 · Learn about the ancient city of Jericho, one of the earliest settlements in the world, and its history from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Discover how it was destroyed by the Israelites according to the Bible and how archaeology reveals its culture and development.
Walls of Jericho, massive stone walls surrounding an ancient Neolithic settlement in Jericho, built about 8000 bce. These walls, at least 13 feet (4 metres) in height and backed by a watchtower or redoubt some 28 feet tall, were intended to protect the settlement and its water supply from human intruders. Though weapons of the hunt had been in ...
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