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Significant remains of the Hasmonean and Herodian Jericho still exist. The site was first excavated by [[Charles Warren]] in 1868 | Significant remains of the Hasmonean and Herodian Jericho still exist. The site was first excavated by [[Charles Warren]] in 1868, followed by A. Noldeke, [[Carl Watzinger]], and [[Ernst Sellin]] (1909-1911), J.L. Kelso and D.C. Baramki (1950); J. Pritchard (1951); E. Netzer (after 1971); and others. | ||
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Jericho was a city in the Jordan valley.
History
The old Jericho was abandoned after the Babylonian invasion, and settlement moved from the mound to the irrigated oasis. The city developed during the Hasmonean and the Herodian periods, around a complex of royal buildings.
It was in a swimming pool at Jericho that Aristobulus III was murdered by order of Herod the Great. Jericho is also mentioned in the New Testament in relation to some events of the life of Jesus and as the setting of the parable of the Good Samaritan.
With the Jewish War the city declined rapidly and hosted a small Roman garrison and a fort, which played a role in the suppression of the Bar-Kokhba revolt.
Jericho in ancient sources
Josephus, Jewish War
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
Jericho in Scholarship
Significant remains of the Hasmonean and Herodian Jericho still exist. The site was first excavated by Charles Warren in 1868, followed by A. Noldeke, Carl Watzinger, and Ernst Sellin (1909-1911), J.L. Kelso and D.C. Baramki (1950); J. Pritchard (1951); E. Netzer (after 1971); and others.
Jericho in Fiction
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