Interim excavation report (Vicino Oriente XXIX, 2024) links a ninth-century BCE inscription and two Bronze-Age fire layers to the Judges and Exodus narratives.

The oldest part of the city, known as Tell es-Sultan, lies just north of modern Jericho. Excavations at the site reveal human activity dating as far back as, 9000 B.C. , during the Natufian period .

Object Details Author Archaeological Institute of America Contents Introduction / James B. Pritchard -- Archaeological Periods of the Holy Land Before the Bible : The dawn of history in southern ...