Kathleen Kenyon
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Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been
Kathleen Kenyon
Plastered skull found in Jericho (Tell es-Sultan), Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, c. 7200 BC. BM 12741-42. This skull had the lower jaw removed, and the face modelled from lime plaster, with shells placed in eye sockets.
Kenyon and Vassilios Tzaferis at an excavation in 1977
Jericho
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Jericho is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. The city is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west.
Kathleen Kenyon
…24 August 1978) was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century. She was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford…
Jericho cityscape from wall ruins
Tell es sultan
Jericho Hishams Palace K 153
Monastery of the Temptation