Kathleen Kenyon

“Archaeology is not a science that can be practiced in an armchair.”

“The Bible is not a textbook of history, and it is a misuse of it to treat it as such.”

“Stratification is the basis of all sound archaeological excavation.”

“The story of Jericho is the story of the birth of civilization.”

“Throughout the history of Palestine, the country has been a bridge between the two great centres of the ancient world, Egypt and Mesopotamia.”

“A wall of the pre-pottery Neolithic town of Jericho is the earliest known fortification in the world.”

“The task of the archaeologist is to recover the material remains of the past and from them to build up a picture of the life of the people who created them.”

“It is, however, possible to say that the archaeological evidence is not in conflict with the literary evidence.”