Jericho
Jericho is a very old city in the West Bank. It is mentioned in the Book of Joshua. In 2007 18,346 people lived there.[1]
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Jericho Media
Calibrated carbon 14 dates for Jericho as of 2013
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
Copy of Mosaic of the Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue, 6th–7th century CE
Arabic Umayyad mosaic from Hisham's Palace in Jericho
References
Other websites
- Bible places Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
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