Jericho Ruins

Japanese: イェリコ遺跡 - いぇりこいせき
Jericho Ruins

...A town in the West Bank of the Jordan River in Palestine. Population: about 16,000. Also called Jericho, or Erīḥa in Arabic. Known as the oldest town in Palestine, present-day Jericho is located about 22 km east-northeast of Jerusalem along the Jerusalem-Amman road, about 8 km north of the Dead Sea. About 1.6 km west of it is a hill where settlements have been seen since prehistoric times, and this is the town that is said to have been captured by the Israelites led by Joshua, as described in the Old Testament.

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Jericho Ruins are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…パレスティナのヨルダン川西岸地区にある町。人口約1万6000。エリコともいい,アラビア語でエリーハErīḥa。パレスティナ最古の町として知られるが,現在のイェリコは,エルサレム・アンマン道路に沿ってエルサレムの東北東約22km,死海の北方約8kmに位置する。その西方約1.6kmのところに先史時代以来の定住がみられる丘があり,これが,旧約聖書にみられるヨシュアに率いられたイスラエル人が攻略したとされる町である。…

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