Tower of Jericho
Videos
The Tower of Jericho is an 8.5-metre-tall stone structure built in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period around 8000 BC. It is part of Tell es-Sultan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the State of Palesti
Tower of Jericho
The cross-section model of the tower, showing the staircase
Kathleen Kenyon
Videos
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
Tower of Jericho
…one of the world's oldest towers, one of the world's oldest stone buildings, and one of the oldest works of monumental architecture. The archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon discovered the tower in the 1950s and excavated it. The ancient wall of Jericho was discovered by John Garstang during the excavations of 1930 to 1936…
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