Maura Sala
Maura Sala
Maura Sala is a Near Eastern archaeologist actively engaged in excavations at Tell Mardikh/ancient Ebla in Syria, Tell el-Maskhuta in Egypt, Khirbet al-Batrawy in Jordan, and Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in the West Bank, where she was field director. She has written two monographs and around 50 articles and essays on Near Eastern and Mediterranean archaeology.
The Walls of Jericho
The famous walls of Jericho are at the heart of the story of the Israelites’ conquest of Canaan, but no archaeological evidence corroborates the biblical account.