Jericho
Joshua's trumpeted conquest
Jericho is an ancient city in the West Bank, often called the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
In the Bible, it is famous as the city whose walls came tumbling down when Joshua's army marched around it and blew their trumpets—a story that makes Jericho a byword for obstacles dramatically overcome.
The name appears in various cultural contexts, from spirituals to place names across the Americas.
Biblical military leader
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- trumpetsValved brass instruments
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- BattleNamed military engagement
Promised Land · Old Testament · curse · Jordan River · Canaan · Hebrews · Moses · Covenant
Act of unearthing
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
pottery · carbon-dating · prehistoric · dig · trenches · flint · tools · domestication
Occupied Palestinian territories
- Dead SeaLandlocked hypersaline lake
- PalestinianFrom territories near Israel
- oasisFertile desert spot
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
desert · fertile · palm · subtropical · agriculture · banana · dates · citrus
Vertical enclosing structures
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- towerTall slender edifice
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
defenses · siege · battlements · bastion · barrier · ancient walls · collapse · garrison
Joshua
Biblical military leader
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- trumpetsValved brass instruments
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
Battle · Promised Land · Old Testament · curse · Jordan River · Canaan · Hebrews · Moses · Covenant · spies
excavation
Act of unearthing
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
artifacts · pottery · carbon-dating · prehistoric · dig · trenches · flint · tools · domestication · hearths
West Bank
Occupied Palestinian territories
- Dead SeaLandlocked hypersaline lake
- PalestinianFrom territories near Israel
- oasisFertile desert spot
springs · desert · fertile · palm · subtropical · agriculture · banana · dates · citrus · irrigation
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
stronghold · defenses · siege · battlements · bastion · barrier · ancient walls · collapse · garrison · palisade
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Biblical PlacesCanaan, Sinai, Mount Sinai, Jordan River, Red Sea
- Palestinian PlacesRamallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, Gaza City
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
JerichoZion
Biblical promised homeland
Jerusalem · Mount Zion · City of David · Bethlehem · Canaan
JerichoTroy
Ancient Anatolian city
Constantinople · Masada · Great Wall of China · Citadel · stronghold
- walls of JerichoFortifications toppled by horns
- fall of JerichoBiblical siege victory