Jens NotroffFeb 18, 2025

About time. First academic building on #UniversityOfLeicester 's campus named after a woman:

Schools of Archaeology and Ancient History and Museum Studies to be called "Dame #KathleenKenyon Building" in honour of the pioneering archaeologist.

https://www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/02/18/university-to-honour-pioneering-archaeologist

University to honour pioneering archaeologist

The University of Leicester is to honour a pioneering female archaeologist by naming one of its academic buildings after her. Taken from a news item by Dan Martin, BBC News, Leicester Dame Kathleen…

Jens NotroffSep 21, 2023

Tell es-Sultan, ancient #Jericho in the West Bank, one of the oldest continuously inhabited places we know and the archaeological type site where #KathleenKenyon in the 1950s defined the #PrePotteryNeolithic was just inscribed as #UNESCO #WorldHeritage:

whc.unesco.org/en/list/1687

I Love HistoyNov 14, 2018
The #Biblicallegend has it that the #Israelites destroyed the fortified walls of Jericho by circling it with the Ark of the Covenant for seven days. Or did they not? Not only did #KathleenKenyon almost single handedly change the way in which archaeological excavations in the Levant were approached, but she also proved that there was no sign of Jericho during the #LateBronzeAge.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/legacy-kathleen-kenyon-0010980
How a Woman Toppled the Legend of the Walls of Jericho: The Legacy of Kathleen Kenyon

According to the Bible, in the Book of Joshua, the Israelites encountered the city of Jericho as the first Canaanite stronghold they had to conquer in order to settle in their promised new land. In archaeological terms, Joshua the war lord, would have approached Jericho during the Late Bronze Age, circa 1400 BC.