The walls of Jericho did come tumbling down as recounted in the Bible, according to an archaeological study. “When we compare the archaeological evidence at Jericho with the biblical narrative ...

In other words, this is not simply special pleading, to explain why the site offers no evidence as to Joshua’s conquest and the famous biblical text of the walls falling down.

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Excavations at Tell es-Sultan, led by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s, revealed significant archaeological findings, including the Tower of Jericho.

Members of the British archaeological expedition which is excavating the ruins of Jericho believe that it was shovels, not trumpets, which caused the fall of that city 4,000 years ago before ...

It would seem intuitive that warfare must provide the spur to the construction of walls — yet Jericho demonstrates precisely the opposite.

Interim excavation report (Vicino Oriente XXIX, 2024) links a ninth-century BCE inscription and two Bronze-Age fire layers to the Judges and Exodus narratives.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Tell es-Sultan archaeological near Jericho, West Bank, site is seen. A U.N. conference voted Sunday to list the site as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to ...