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]
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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 the Hasmonean and Herodian royal winter palaces at Jericho
Christ Healing the Blind in Jericho, El Greco
Fresco of a vine from the Goliath family tomb, Jewish cemetery of Roman-era Jericho
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References
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ↑ Greenberg, Joel. Palestinian-Authority Police now guard an ancient Jericho Synagogue. New York Times (14/05/1994).
- ↑ Synogogue—In Ramallah? (in en-US). Bridges for Peace. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
Other websites
- Bible places Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
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