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Did the Israelites really capture Jericho?
Jericho, West Bank: mosaic in the Khirbat al-Mafjar complex Jericho: Hishām's Palace Excavation of the Tall As-Sulṭān, Jericho
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Did the Israelites really capture Jericho?
Learn about the Battle of Jericho, as described in the Book of Joshua, and follow...
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Jericho, West Bank.
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Jericho, West Bank: mosaic in the Khirbat al-Mafjar complex
A floor panel mosaic depicting gazelles and a lion from the 8th-century Khirbat al-Mafjar...
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Jericho: Hishām's Palace
Visitors touring the Umayyad palace complex Khirbat al-Mafjar, also called Hishām's...
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Excavation of the Tall As-Sulṭān, Jericho
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