Jericho

Jericho is a very old city in the West Bank/Judaeo-Samaria. It is mentioned in the Book of Joshua. In 2007 18,346 people lived there.^[1] The City is a home to Jericho Synagogue, amongst the only Synagogues that are owned by the State of Palestina^[2] and one of the most ancient mainstream Jewish-Synagogues in the world. ^[3][1]

A Sixth-century Synagogue of State of Palestina, also called "Shalom Al Yisrael" or "Whole Over Israel...". It is located in Judaea (South Palæstinian Territory).

Jericho Media

Calibrated carbon 14 dates for Jericho as of 2013
Reconstruction of the Natufian-Jericho skull
Dwelling foundations unearthed at Tell es-Sultan in Jericho
Head of an ancestor statue, Jericho, from c. 9000 years ago, among the oldest representations of a human face ever found. Rockefeller Archeological Museum, Jerusalem.
The 8000 BCE Tower of Jericho at Tell es-Sultan
Area of the Fertile Crescent, c. 7500 BC, with main sites. Jericho was a foremost site of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period. The area of Mesopotamia proper was not yet settled by humans.
Red terracotta jar, Ancient Bronze period 3500–2000 BCE, Tell es-Sultan, ancient Jericho, Tomb A IV. Louvre Museum AO 15611.
Remains from Herod's palace
Christ Healing the Blind in Jericho, El Greco

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↑ Greenberg, Joel (14/05/1994). "Palestinian-Authority Police now guard an ancient Jericho Synagogue". New York Times. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Synogogue—In Ramallah?". Bridges for Peace. Retrieved 2024-11-07.

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