Located in Palestine, Jericho is one of the earliest known Neolithic villages. Excavations have given much evidence to the thought that village life and culture developed before the invention of pottery.
Jericho is probably most well-known from the biblical reference/story in the Book of Joshua where Joshua led the chosen tribes of Israel to victory over the inhabitants of the city with the help of Rahab (one of the earliest recorded prostitutes) and one hell of a trumpet section in his band in the Battle of Jericho.
This victory, and the ones which followed soon after, signified the end of the Sinai desert wanderings started when Moses led the Israelis out of Egypt a generation before.
Some believe that archeological findings support the biblical account of the seige and conquest of Jericho.
The British archeologist, Dame Kathleen Kenyon, was made famous by her work in Jericho, and later in Jerusalem.
The current city of Jericho is located a few miles from the ancient villages by the same name, on the West Bank of the Jordan River.