Archaeology
Jericho — Tell es-Sultan
Jericho · Palestine
One of the oldest continuously settled sites known, and the setting of Joshua 6.
Location established
Archaeological site
Bronze Age
Iron Age
The destruction chronology relative to Joshua 6 is genuinely contested among archaeologists.
31.871, 35.444
Why it matters
Kenyon and Garstang produced competing chronologies that are still debated.