Fascinating recent discoveries reveal something unusual happened
to the ancient city of Jericho. Heavily fortified, with a
virtually impregnable double wall, what caused her sudden
destruction? And find out why it is significant that even her
inhabitants” foodstores could still be seen in our time, where
they were left … The name “Jericho” brings to mind Israelites
marching, trumpets sounding and walls falling down. It is a
wonderful story of faith and victory, but did it really happen?
The skeptic would say no, it is merely a folk tale to explain
the ruins at Jericho. The main reason for this negative outlook
is the excavations at the site carried out in the 1950s under
the direction of British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon. She
concluded, “It is a sad fact that of the town walls of the Late
Bronze Age, within which period the attack by the Israelites
must fall by any dating, not a trace remains …. The excavation
of Jericho, therefore, has thrown no light on the walls of
Jericho of which the destruction is s