Knowra Jericho Jericho Jericho is an ancient settlement near the Jordan River, occupied from the early Neolithic period onward. Its archaeological remains include some of the earliest known large-scale architecture and fortifications.
Tell es-Sultan : An archaeological mound containing the remains of ancient Jericho, near the modern city. Its stratified remains are the principal archaeological record of ancient Jericho.
Ain es-Sultan : A perennial spring beside Tell es-Sultan, also called Elisha’s Spring. Its reliable water helped make long-term settlement at Jericho possible.
Levant : A region of the eastern Mediterranean encompassing modern countries including Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. Jericho’s settlement history is part of the broader archaeology of the southern Levant.
Battle of Jericho : The biblical account of Israelite conquest of Jericho, in which its walls fall after ritual processions and trumpet blasts. This narrative gave Jericho lasting significance in Jewish and Christian traditions.
Jericho Tower : A stone tower built at Tell es-Sultan during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. The tower is among the settlement’s earliest monumental structures.
Neolithic Revolution : The transition in parts of the world from foraging toward farming, herding, and settled life. Jericho’s early village phases belong to this wider transformation.
Epipaleolithic : The period between the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic, when some foraging societies adopted increasingly settled lifeways. This period provides the background to the earliest communities near Jericho.
Book of Joshua : A biblical book recounting Israel’s entry into Canaan and the division of the land. Its conquest narrative is the principal scriptural account associated with Jericho.
Jericho wall : A substantial stone wall built at Tell es-Sultan during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. Its construction reveals coordinated labor in early Neolithic Jericho.
Agriculture : The cultivation of plants and the raising of animals for food and other resources. Farming supported larger, more permanent communities in the Jericho region.
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