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* 1868 - Charles Warren

* 1868 - Charles Warren

* 1907 - Austro-German expedition under L. Sellinger and T. Watzinger

* 1907 - Austro-German expedition under L. Sellinger and T. Watzinger

* 1930–36 - Professor John Garstang

* 1930–36 - Professor [[John Garstang]]

* 1952–58 - Kathleen Kenyan

* 1952–58 – [[Kathleen Kenyon]]

* 1997 - Lorenzo Nigro and Nicolo Marchetti<ref name="WB">Wood and Byer, 2002</ref>

* 1997 - Lorenzo Nigro and Nicolo Marchetti<ref name="WB">Wood and Byer, 2002</ref>

The Sellinger and Watzinger and Kenyan excavations found that the city was unoccupied during the time that Joshua was believed to have led the Israeli armies.

The Sellinger and Watzinger and Kenyon excavations concluded that the city was unoccupied during the time that Joshua was believed to have led the Israeli armies.

Garstang concluded that it was occupied at the time.

Garstang concluded that it was occupied at the time. As Garstang grew older, he asked Kathleen Kenyon to continue his work at Jericho. Kenyon worked in a much smaller area of Jericho City IV, the layer of the city usually associated with Joshua's destruction, than did Garstang, and she concluded that this city was destroyed in about 1580 to 1550 BC, contrasted to Garstang's date of about 1410 BC. Garstang never accepted Kenyon's conclusion as to the date, but Kenyon's date became the most commonly accepted.

Dr. [[Byrant Wood]] reviewed Kenyan's findings and concluded that Jericho was occupied at the time of its attack as the Bible states.<ref name="WB" /><ref>Wood, 2001</ref>

[[Bryant Wood]] reviewed Kenyon's findings and concluded that Jericho was occupied at the time of its attack as the Bible states.<ref name="WB" /><ref>Wood, 2001</ref>

At the moment there is no consensus in the archaeological community on when or how Jericho was destroyed. <ref>Anon., Minnesota State University</ref>

At the moment there is no consensus in the archaeological community on when or how Jericho was destroyed. <ref>Anon., Minnesota State University</ref>

However, the different conclusions are not over whether evidence was found that matched the biblical description, but over the timing.<ref name="DD">Down, 2006</ref>

However, the different conclusions are not over whether evidence was found that matched the biblical description, but over the timing.<ref name="DD">Down, 2006</ref> For a discussion of the timing issue, see the [[Jericho chronology dispute]] article.

Findings matching the biblical description include:<ref name="DD" />

Findings matching the biblical description include:<ref name="DD" />

* The city was overcome by a catastrophe in which a new culture replaced the previous culture at a number of locations in the area, with the incoming people not being adept at building.  (The Israelites had been living in tents for forty years.)

* The city was overcome by a catastrophe in which a new culture replaced the previous culture at a number of locations in the area, with the incoming people not being adept at building.  (The Israelites had been living in tents for forty years.)

* It was well-stocked with food, so the conquering of it was not by starving out the inhabitants.

* It was well-stocked with food, so the conquering of it was not by starving out the inhabitants.

* The city remained uninhabited for hundreds of years afterwards.

* The siege could not have been long, because the food supplies were intact or almost intact. In contrast, some years earlier the Egyptians besieged Sharuhen in the Gaza area, another well-fortified city, for three years before it was conquered.

* The walls fell down

* The city remained largely uninhabited for hundreds of years afterwards.

* The city was burnt

* The city was burnt.

* According to archaeologists Kenyon<ref>"The destruction was complete. Walls and floors were blackened or reddened by fire, and every room was filled with fallen bricks, timbers, and household utensils; in most rooms the fallen debris was heavily burnt, but the collapse of the walls of the eastern rooms seems to have taken place before they were affected by the fire." Kathleen Kenyon, ''Excavations at Jericho, Vol. 3: The Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Tell'', ed. Thomas A. Holland (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1981)</ref> and Wood<ref>[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2008/05/Did-the-Israelites-Conquer-Jericho-A-New-Look-at-the-Archaeological-Evidence.aspx Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho? A New Look at the Archaeological Evidence].</ref> the burning of the city was preceded by an earthquake that collapsed the city's buildings.

== Bibliography ==

== Bibliography ==

* Wood, Bryant G., [http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/jericho.html Has the biblical city and story of Jericho been verified?] 2001 (Christian Answers Network).

* Wood, Bryant G., [http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/jericho.html Has the biblical city and story of Jericho been verified?] 2001 (Christian Answers Network).

== Notes ==

==See also==

 

==External Links==

==External Links==

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/15 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Jericho, scriptures.lds.org

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/15 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Jericho, scriptures.lds.org

[[Category:Biblical Places]]

[[Category:Biblical Places]]