Scientists discover proof
The wall of Jericho DID fall!

Jericho had a wall, and was tightly shut up (Joshua 2:15, 5; 6:1, 20). To escape the city, two spies had to use a rope to get down the wall.

Jericho was a real city. It had a high wall and was heavily fortified, at the time when the Israelites entered the country.

“So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets… and the people shouted with a great shout… the wall fell down flat…” (Joshua 6:20).

Archaeologist Dr. Bryant Wood stands beside piles of bricks from the collapsed city wall that were found in 1997 at the base of the city ruins, proving that “the wall fell beneath itself.”

“…so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city” (Joshua 6:20).

A large mound of earth were piled around the city for protection. So, the Bible was right when it said the Israelites had to go “up into the city.”

A woman (Rahab) lived in the city wall; her house was part of the wall. She let Israelite spies escape down a rope through her window. Her house was later spared by God when the wall fell.

Houses were found, built against a portion of the city wall that did not collapse, verifying the Bible’s account of Rahab's house that was built against the city wall (Joshua 2:15), and that her house was spared (Joshua 2:14-21; 6:22-23).

The Israelites “burned the whole city and everything in it” (Joshua 6:24).

A layer of ash 3-foot thick with burned timbers and debris was found.

The Bible reveals the time of the Israelite conquest of Jericho and the land of Canaan (I Kings 6:1; Judges 11:26; I Chronicles 6:33-37) at the end of the 15th century B.C.

Jericho’s destruction happened at the end of the 15th century B.C., precisely the time when the Bible says it happened.

This happened at the time of the harvest (Joshua 3:15; 2:6).

It only took a week for the Israelites to conquer Jericho.

God told them not to take anything from the city.

Many large jars full of charred grain were found in the destroyed buildings. This is a very rare find since, because of its value, grain was normally taken from a conquered city. The large amount of grain found at Jericho shows that the harvest had just been taken in / the city was surrounded for only a short time (seven days, Joshua 6:15) / the Israelites did not plunder the city (Joshua 6:18).