It was occupied continuously, with occasional interruptions and destructions since circa 8000 BC, until about 1500 BC when it was destroyed for a final time, never to be rebuilt. "Excavations at Jericho have revealed that it is one of the oldest cities in the world. 2: "This photo was taken on top of the tel (remains) of the ancient city of Jericho." (Wiemers)Īuthor was unable to find "Duration of construction." Project description The tel is about 10 acres in size - which implies about 1,500 people could live within its walls." (Rasmussen, 2008)įig. One of the powerful springs that feed the oasis of Jericho is located just on the opposite (east) side of the mound. The long brown mound of dirt - in the center of the photo - stretching from right to left is Tell es-Sultan (Old Testament Jericho). 1: "View from the northwest looking southeast. 1 shows a view of the tel of ancient Jericho. Garstang’s estimations seem to be in agreement. in conventional dating) (Wong, 2009) The bible and Dr. Garstang, Director of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine, and his assistants examined over 100,000 potshards from the excavated site of Jericho and from these he estimated the destruction of the city to the middle of the Late Bronze Age (c. Jericho’s walls fell 400 years earlier, so we can estimate that Jericho’s walls fell in about 1400 B.C. The Bible tells us when Jericho fell, 1 Kings 6:1 states the fourth year of King Solomon’s reign over Israel. A Double Redoubtable Wall is casemate wall with two layers of wall that are at different height. He and his descendants settled down in the land of Canaan and built the ancient city of Jericho (Genesis 10:19).” The fortified city of Jericho had used the Double Redoubtable Wall construction system that was used to build fortresses in Europe during the Medieval Age. Tubal Cain, the eighth generation from Cain was ‘an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron.’ (Genesis 5:22) Canaan is the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:6).
“'Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.’ (Genesis 4:2) Cain’s son Enoch had built a city (Genesis 4:17). 6 miles west of the Jordan River and 10 miles north-northwest of the north end of the Dead Sea.
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