Jericho

The Ancients

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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With more than 10,000 years of history, the ancient city of Jericho is often thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the world. Made famous by the biblical tale of its conquest by Joshua, it is situated a stones throw from the western bank of the Jordan River. But did Jericho’s famous walls really come crashing down at the sound of Joshua’s trumpets?

In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan speaks to archeologist Felicity Cobbing from the Palestine Exploration Fund to explore what Jericho’s archeology can reveal about its past. In doing so they catch glimpses of the city's extraordinary evolution and the pivotal role it played in shaping the cultural, agricultural and defensive processes of other ancient civilisations.

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0:17.2	It's the ancients on history hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's episode well it's the one I've really been looking forward to sharing with you.
0:21.3	We're exploring the archaeology of one of the most incredible sites in the
0:26.1	world, in my opinion. The site of Jericho. Now Jericho, today situated in the West Bank has evidence of settlement of fortifications stretching
0:38.0	back some 10,000 years, including the oldest known stone tower in history.
0:45.0	Jericho has a fascinating story and we're going to be delving deep into its layers and layers of archaeology,
0:52.0	from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
0:55.0	But of course we will also explore the famous biblical story of Jericho.
0:59.0	It is why the name is so well known today.
1:02.0	Does the archaeology corroborate? why the name is so well known today?
1:02.9	Does the archaeology corroborate?
1:04.7	Does it support the tale of Joshua's Siege of Jericho
1:08.3	and its famous walls tumbling down?
1:11.6	Well to explain all, I was delighted to visit the Palestine Exploration Fund charity in Greenwich
1:17.3	a few weeks back to interview the archaeologist and author Felicity Cobbing.
1:23.0	The PEP is a wonderful charity so do check them out and you can also see some bonus Jericho videos
1:28.8	that Felicity and I recorded on my Instagram page at Ancient Tristan. But back to the episode at hand. I really do hope you enjoy
1:38.6	and here's Felicity to talk all things Jericho.
1:48.9	Ballisti, it is wonderful to have you on the podcast today. Thank you for inviting me.
1:50.5	You are more than welcome to talk about Jericho. It's a topic that I've been wanting to cover for a while and also at the Palestine Exploration Fund, this beautiful building in Greenwich?
2:01.0	Yes, indeed. Big question first. Did Jericho's walls really come tumbling down?
2:06.7	Well they did, but not quite in the way that you'd expect. We will explore that as we get to that time period in Jericho's story but we're going to do it almost chronologically from stone age down to bronze then to iron.
2:19.0	But to set the scene first of all Felicity when someone mentions Jericho whereabouts are we talking?
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