The oldest city has been passed down for thousands of years but has never been broken, and the three major Xi customs have been passed down to the present day
Which city is the oldest in the world?The "Four Great Cities" are Xi'an in China, a city 7,000 years ago, Cairo in Egypt, Athens in Greece 3,500 years ago, and Rome in Italy in 4,000 years.
However, some more serious historians tend to rank Jericho more than 11,000 years ago as the oldest city in the world, because their Xi habits and lifestyles are not comparable to those of the four ancient cities.
Many people have heard of Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan River, the "holy river" of the religion, but Jericho, a city thousands of years older than Jerusalem, is actually located next to the Jordan River, only more than ten kilometers away from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea.
Jericho is a very "tragic" ancient city, its original inhabitants were a hunter 13,000 years ago, who came here along the Jordan River and established their own tribe there, which was the first town on the planet.
However, due to the habitable environment of the Jordan Valley, it attracted the attention of many indigenous tribes, who were invaded many times in the following tens of thousands of years, and even occupied by Israel and Jordan in the 1950s, until 1994, when they were ruled by Palestine**.
According to modern society, a city must have a sufficient population base, complete infrastructure and a better living environment, whereas thousands of years ago, the city only needed one leader, one **, and a wall that symbolizes security.
The first to begin a systematic excavation of Jericho was Charles Warren, who in 1868 was commissioned by the British royal family to search for the Hebrew version of the Bible referred to as the "City of Palm Trees," a city overgrown with palm trees and its inhabitants living happily without food and water. Charles, who spent twelve years searching the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, finally determined that Jericho was what the Bible calls the "Palm City" because of the discovery of an ancient Canaanite language in Canaanite and the reference to the "hexagonal ring" carving in the Bible.
Scholars from Europe, America, Christianity, and Catholicism have gone to Jericho for archaeological excavations, and in the past 100 years, they have excavated and excavated more than 10,000 years of ancient ruins, including dams and water purification pools for flood control, and their construction technology is exquisite, even if it is 10,000 years ago, I am afraid it will not reach such a level.
Although Jericho is only more than ten kilometers away from Jerusalem, due to the tension between Israel and Palestine, there is no bus from Jericho to Jericho directly, so I had to follow the Jordan River, along the Jordan River, all the way to the Dead Sea, "a lot of hardship", and finally came to Jericho's side. Although the process was difficult, when I set foot in this ancient city, I still felt that everything was worth it, and if it wasn't for my own experience, I would even think how barren the life of the ancient people was.
With around 50,000 inhabitants, Jericho is a medium-sized city near the Dead Sea, and because of the perennial mining, it is full of dust, like a large construction site, and it is difficult to take a complete picture.
So far, 22 settlements have been excavated, including the oldest settlement more than 11,000 years ago, as well as the world's first city wall, more than 30 stone pagodas and monasteries more than 1,000 years old, which was listed as "the oldest city in the world" by UNESCO in 1995.
Jericho made me feel "not very safe", like a small Iranian town, and Renoy first assured me that it was an "international city", and Jericho had many archaeologists in Europe and the United States, most of whom were Israelis and Jordanians, so he was not attacked by Israel or Jordan.
In fact, the reason why Jericho is protected by so many people is because the three surrounding countries all regard Jericho as their place of origin, and no one wants to destroy him, let alone the "perfect city" mentioned in the Bible.
The city doesn't have many attractions, and one of the most famous heritage museums is closed because its staff are sent out to work on archaeology. There is also a small historical museum with stoneware, pottery, bronze, ironwork, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Muslim (Arab), Crusader, Ayurveda, Ottoman, British and Jordanian periods, and even more.
In other words, the history of Jericho's inhabitants has never been interrupted, so entry to the museum needs to be booked in advance, and those who do not have a reservation have to take a photo in front of a stone monument outside the wall, which is marked Jerusalem 2158 km.
One of the closest places to visit the city center is called Gulun Pagoda, and there is an Orthodox monastery on the top of the hill, built in the Greek era, which is written in the Bible: "Jesus was seduced", so it is called "** mountain". Take the world's smallest escalator and you'll see the city of Amman and the Dead Sea in Jordan and climb to the top. In addition, it has a new record, that of a Greek priest in his 30s, who lived here from his thirties until his death at the age of 76, whose remains were sent to Greece and buried in a cemetery, a record that has not been broken until now.
If you have a strong love for religion and history, you should definitely visit Jericho, where Jesus was baptized, the world's first synagogue (built in the 6th century), the palace (palace) of the Hisham Caliphate, the symbol of Arab civilization, the biblical "palm tree where the local leader waited for Jesus to pass", Herod's palace, Naran Cathedral, and the cliffed monastery of the Jordanian period, among others.
For example, the Jericho Palace, in 2015 by the BBC named "the best inlaid tile in the world", so far, more than 300 pieces have been excavated, aside from the inlay technology, the construction technology alone, has reached the point of "heavenly work", this technology, only Jericho's blacksmiths can inherit, legend, it has existed for more than 5,000 years.
Jericho has a history of 11,000 years and still retains three traditions, the first is Jericho coffee, with the addition of dates and coconut water, a very complex practice that takes 37 steps to complete.
There is also a custom that a special palm oil is used to refine, and after research, the palm oil extracted by the Jericho people is very well preserved, no wonder it will become a tribute to the royal family of various countries.
The third is food Xi, the earliest ovens have been excavated seven or eight thousand years ago, from the frescoes and oral handiwork, the bread made by the Jericho people is basically the same as the ancient bread, the only difference is that they add coconut milk to the food, or mix potatoes and meat together for barbecue.
Finally, let's take a look at the Jordan River and the Dead Sea in Palestine, for many people who don't know the truth, the Jordan River should be a holy place for Christianity and Catholicism, and it should be a clear stream, but in fact, the Jordan River is a piece of filth, and even after so many years of restoration, nothing has changed.
As for the unattended Dead Sea, the Jordan River, as a part of the Dead Sea, is so dirty, after entering the Dead Sea, the taste will definitely not be so good, so if you are interested in traveling to the Dead Sea, it is best to choose Israel or Jordan, which will be cleaner.