The city of Jericho

Jericho (/ˈdʒɛrɪkoʊ/; Arabic: أريحا‎ ʾArīḥā [ʔaˈriːħaː] ( listen); Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ Yeriḥo [jeʁiˈχo] ( listen)) is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate. In 2007, it had a population of 18,346. The city was occupied by Jordan from 1948 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994.^[3][4] It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.^[5][6][7]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho
• Page 178 - Hunt, P., 2007, Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History: Penguin, New York, 226p.