COLLAPSED WALLS - AN EARTHQUAKE?

A meter stick shows the level of debris found on this site in Jericho

Archaeologists have challenged the biblical story, saying that there is no evidence of a large city at the time that Joshua entered the territory near Jericho. But the story of Jericho's conquest is no mere fiction.

Jericho had been a major city, now fallen on hard times. By the 14th and early 13th centuries BC, it  was relatively small, an open settlement sheltering under once-great walls.

In all likelihood it was this small-ish settlement that suffered destruction at the hands of the Israelites. 

Excavations show evidence of some event involving terrible destruction. The meter stick in the upper center of this photograph shows the thick level of debris from an incident which seems to have destroyed the whole city.

Note that there is no doorway - it is a 'wide-room' house.

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