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The walls of Jericho fell and the city was sacked ... Could the Israelites have possessed advanced sound-wave technology? If so, where did it come from? Ancient Aliens s2e6: Alien Tech, History 2010
Sound: Could there be evidence that such technology might also have been used for a more constructive purpose? Might it help to explain the existence of mammoth stone structures? ibid.
These Mycenaean fortifications were thought to be the work of a strong one-eyed race of giants known as the Cyclops. ibid.
How could ancient man have built such colossal structures? ibid.
It is possible that early builders had access to the kind of acoustic technology that would allow for the transportation and careful placement of multi-ton boulders and stone blocks. ibid.
Did ancient aliens using anti-gravity and sonic levitation technology help early humans build the ancient wonders of the world? ibid.
Might they also have mastered the power of flight? ibid.
Guatemala ... Here can be found numerous ancient artefacts, and among them is this – the figure of a man lying inside what appears to be the shell of a turtle. ibid.
In 329 B.C. the Greek ruler Alexander the Great planned the invasion of India. But according to ancient texts his army was thwarted by a strange attack from the skies. ibid.
Could the inherent design strength of a disc-shaped object be the key to overcoming the forces of gravity? And does the prevalence of flying saucer sightings suggest a connection between anti-gravity technology and extraterrestrial visitations? ibid.
The brute force of rockets ... But are manned space flights really a recent phenomenon? Or could our ancient ancestors have witnessed similar events? ibid.
Could early man really have known about rocket technology? ibid.
Based on Sumerian legends the epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest written stories in history. And tells of a man’s journey to the heavens to meet the god Anu. ibid.
Do the descriptions of rockets and UFOs found in ancient texts and legends provide evidence of extraterrestrial encounters in the distant past? ibid.
Is it possible that such so-called death-rays could have been used before in ancient times? ibid.
When archaeologists date the destruction of these buildings [Ai] they discover it occurred about 2,200 B.C. They date the destruction of Jericho to 1,500 B.C. And Hazor’s to about 1,250 B.C. Clearly these city-states were not destroyed at the same time. In fact of the 31 sites the Bible says that Joshua conquered, few showed any signs of war. Bible’s Buried Secrets 1/2
Legendary cities destroyed by the hand of God. Sodom & Gomorrah ... and Jericho. Riddles of the Bible s2e5: Lost Cities, National Geographic 2010
Jericho was built on an earthquake fault line. ibid.
Some scholars believe that the walls of Jericho collapsed as a result of a powerful earthquake. Mysteries of the Bible s1e3: Joshua at the Walls of Jericho, National Geographic 1994
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? Joshua 5:13&14
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. Joshua 6:1-5
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Joshua 6:20&21
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. Joshua 24:11&12
He goes back to college to pursue archaeology and Bible studies. [Bryant] Wood soon becomes an expert in Canaanite pottery. Secrets of the Bible s1e10: The Fall of Jericho, Yesterday 2014
One of the greatest stories in the Bible: Joshua’s attack on Canaan, and the fall of Jericho. ibid.
Scholars are questioning the whole of Joshua’s conquest. ibid.
But Bryant [Wood] is steadfast that the archaeological evidence matches the Bible account of the city’s destruction. ibid.