a Palestinian village of 4,500 people that climbs the barren hills a few miles west of the Jordan River near Jericho. Fed by winter rains, the spring was flowing from a small, boulder-strewn oasis ...
A Hasmonean castle near Jericho in the Judean Desert ... advantage of the Ein as-Sultan spring and the waters of the Jordan River, which facilitated the development of agriculture and early ...
Historical research corroborates elements of this biblical account, suggesting that the crossing of the Jordan River likely occurred at a shallow ford near the modern-day site of Kasser Al-Yahud.