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Jericho Unearthed
Sign in to rateThe battle of Jericho is one of the most enduring biblical stories. The description of the "walls falling down" is among its most well-known accounts. Yet, the most famous excavation of this ancient site, carried out in the 1950's under the direction of Kathleen Kenyon, claims that there wasn't even a city at Jericho - much less city walls - at the time when Joshua supposedly conquered it.