Urbs, cuius nomen a deo lunae nomine Iarich deductum est, ad antiquissimam viam mercatoriam adiacet. Numerus incolarum hodie est circiter 25 000. Hiericus se "urbem mundi antiquissam" nominat; investigationes archaeologicae demonstrant urbem pluries deletam et post longum intervallum iterum aedificatam esse. Hiericus etiam cognomine urbs palmarum ornatur.
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Kathleen M. Kenyon: Digging up Jericho. Benn, Londinii 1957.
Kathleen M. Kenyon, Thomas A. Holland: Excavations at Jericho. Vol. 5. The pottery phases of the tell and other finds. British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, Londinii 1983. ISBN 0-9500542-5-9
Kathleen M. Kenyon: Excavations at Jericho. Vol. 3. The architecture and stratigraphy of the Tell. British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, Londinii 1981. ISBN 0-9500542-3-2
Hamdan Taha, Ali Qleibo: Jericho, a Living History: Ten Thousand Years of Civilization. Hierosolymis 2010, ISBN 978-9950-351-02-8, in interrete (PDF, 8,1 MB)