Jericho information

Jericho Hebrew Yəriḥo Yərîḫô / Yərîḥô; (Arabic ʼArīḥā; Canaanite Yareah, Greek Ἱεριχώ) is a town in the West Bank, located within the Jericho Governorate, near the Jordan River. Its name may be derived from the word meaning "moon" in Hebrew, as the city was an early center of worship for lunar deities.
Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world, and archaeologists have unearthed the remains of over 20 successive settlements there, dating back to 9000 BC.
Jericho has a population of approximately 25,000 Palestinians. The current mayor is Hassan Saleh, a former lawyer.
Three separate settlements have existed at or near the current location for more than 11,000 years. The position is on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea.
The first archaeological excavations of the site were made by Charles Warren in 1868. Ernst Sellin and Carl Watzinger excavated Tell es-Sultan and Tulul Abu el-'Alayiq between 1907-1909 and in 1911. John Garstang excavated between 1930 and 1936. Extensive investigations using more modern techniques were made by Kathleen Kenyon between 1952 and 1958. Lorenzo Nigro and Nicolo Marchetti conducted a limited excavation in 1997. Later that same year, Dr. Bryant Wood also made a visit to the site to verify the findings of the earlier 1997 team. (...) more....

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