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Jericho: Canaanite Walls

Jericho: Canaanite Walls


Remains of the city walls, apparently from the Canaanite period at the end of the 4th millennium B.C., at the Tel of Jericho in the north-west of today’s Arab city. Jericho is known as one of the oldest cities in the world, inhabited as far back as the Middle Stone Age—ten thousand years ago. Apparently, it was destroyed at the end of the late Canaanite period, about 1300 B.C., when the Israelites led by Joshua arrived in the country. The Book of Joshua describes how the city walls were toppled by the blowing of ram’s horns. Later Jericho became known for its dates and balsam, used to make precious spices. The Roman Emperor Augustus gave it to King Herod, who built his winter palace there.


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