The Sean McDowell Show

The Sean McDowell Show

Sean McDowell

New Jericho Evidence Reopens a Closed Case

January 27, 2026   ●   62 min

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Did Joshua really conquer Jericho and does archaeology support it? Archaeologist Brian Windle joins me today to share why he believes the debate over Jericho may need a major update. We talk about why Jericho has been so confusing for scholars, what Kathleen Kenyon actually believed and how pottery, tomb finds, fortification walls, and destruction evidence factor into the bigger question: Is Joshua’s Jericho historically plausible?

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