Jericho

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ancient city archaeological site city

Jericho is an ancient city in the West Bank, often regarded as one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world and noted for its biblical significance.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Jericho canonical 57
ancient Jericho 3
Jericho (Bronze Age) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
city ⓘ
administeredBy Palestinian Authority ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian National Authority
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
describedAs one of the lowest cities on Earth ⓘ
one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
elevation approximately -250 meters ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf Jericho Governorate ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalMound Tell es-Sultan ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Neolithic ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Tell es-Sultan ⓘ
hasBiblicalSignificance true ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature irrigated agricultural lands ⓘ
oasis vegetation ⓘ
springs ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
hasPopulation tens of thousands ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasTransport road connections to Jerusalem ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement oasis town ⓘ
historicalRegion Canaan ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Jericho ⓘ
ancient city walls ⓘ
date palm cultivation ⓘ
oases ⓘ
locatedBelow sea level ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Jordan Valley

West Bank ⓘ
locatedOn western bank of the Jordan River ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Joshua ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
near Dead Sea ⓘ
partOf Jericho Governorate ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Hisham's Palace ⓘ
Monastery of the Temptation ⓘ
Mount of Temptation ⓘ
Tell es-Sultan ⓘ
surface form: Tell es-Sultan archaeological park

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judea → containsCity → Jericho ⓘ
Canaan → majorCity → Jericho ⓘ
West Bank → containsCity → Jericho ⓘ
Herod the Great → deathPlace → Jericho ⓘ
Qasr al-Yahud → nearCity → Jericho ⓘ
Jordan River → nearbyCity → Jericho ⓘ
Genesis 23 → recordsDeathPlaceOfSarah → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiriath-arba
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter → hasPart → Jericho ⓘ
Mount Scopus → historicallyOverlooksRouteTo → Jericho ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → passesNear → Jericho ⓘ
Jericho-Trompete siren → namedAfter → Jericho ⓘ
Canaanites → notableCity → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jericho (Bronze Age)
land of Moab → overlooks → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: plains of Jericho
Plains of Moab → faces → Jericho ⓘ
Plains of Moab → near → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: the city of Jericho
Book of Joshua → setting → Jericho ⓘ
Neolithic Revolution → hasKeySite → Jericho ⓘ
Mount Nebo → viewIncludes → Jericho ⓘ
Elisha → associatedPlace → Jericho ⓘ
Aristobulus III of Judea → placeOfDeath → Jericho ⓘ
Aristobulus III of Judea → burialPlace → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jericho (traditional attribution)
Israelite conquest of Canaan → location → Jericho ⓘ
album "Out of the Game" → hasPart → Jericho ⓘ
subject surface form: Out of the Game
Herodian Kingdom → mainCity → Jericho ⓘ
Tell es-Sultan → locatedIn → Jericho ⓘ
Tell es-Sultan → knownAs → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Jericho
Tell es-Sultan → associatedWithAncientCity → Jericho ⓘ
Battle of Jericho → tookPlaceIn → Jericho ⓘ
Battle of Jericho → associatedSite → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tell es-Sultan (ancient Jericho)
Hisham's Palace → locatedIn → Jericho ⓘ
Hisham's Palace → locatedNear → Jericho ⓘ
Hisham's Palace → hasNearbyCity → Jericho ⓘ
Jericho Governorate → capital → Jericho ⓘ
Jericho Governorate → contains → Jericho ⓘ
Mount of Temptation → locatedNear → Jericho ⓘ
Mount of Temptation → overlooks → Jericho ⓘ
Mount of Temptation → hasAccessFrom → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jericho city
Mount of Temptation → nearAncientCity → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Jericho
Al-Maghtas → near → Jericho ⓘ
Monastery of the Temptation → locatedIn → Jericho ⓘ
Monastery of the Temptation → locatedNear → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jericho city center
Monastery of the Temptation → overlooks → Jericho ⓘ
Monastery of the Temptation → nearBiblicalCity → Jericho ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Jericho
Chartres → twinnedWith → Jericho ⓘ
Saeb Erekat → residence → Jericho ⓘ
crossing of the Jordan River → occursNear → Jericho ⓘ
Al-Ubeidiya → hasRoadConnectionTo → Jericho ⓘ
road from Jerusalem to Jericho → connects → Jericho ⓘ
road from Jerusalem to Jericho → nearbyCity → Jericho ⓘ
Area A (West Bank) → includes → Jericho ⓘ