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The Walls of Jericho
First transmitted in 1956, Dr Kathleen Kenyon and Lady Wheeler discuss excavations at Jericho.
First transmitted in 1956, presenter Glyn Daniel talks to archaeologists about excavations at Jericho, which have led to the discovery of the oldest city known to man.
Discussing footage filmed at the site are Dr Kathleen Kenyon, Director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, who is in charge of the excavations and Sir Mortimer Wheeler who visited the site. Among the archaeologists who have dug there is Lady Wheeler, who is in the studio to discuss dig live at Jericho.
Last on
Tue 31 Jul 1956
21:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service
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Unearthing the tombs of Jericho
Duration: 01:29
Archaeology at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Collection
This programme is part of Archaeology at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - a collection of archaeology programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s. Available online to watch in full.
About Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Collection programmes
Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required. In these cases, edits are kept to a minimum and are made only for technical reasons.
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- Tue 31 Jul 1956 21:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service
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Archaeology at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
A collection of programmes charting the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's first ventures into archaeology programming.
