us, it s gone. reporter: the jewel in the brown, the bell temple, dating back in the first century when palmyra, the city of palms, was the crossroads between roman and persian empires, yet it is no more the u.n. has confirmed after locals reported sunday hearing an explosion loud enough it was said for the deaf to hear. this image is from last week when isis leveled a neighboring temple named after a fon nearbien god. satellite images showing how total its descent into rubble was. the u.n. said late monday that satellite images seem to confirm the total destruction of sunday s victim. despite witnesses saying earlier monday they thought its columns
behind the stories of the bible. if these stones could talk, what would they tell us? and can a war correspondent who has seen all that tears us apart? christiane amanpour in israel discover what it is that can bring us together. back to the beginning with christiane amanpour continues. reporter: driving through the region known today as the west bank, the heart of canaan in biblical times, it s hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the biblical city of palms, jericho. jericho s one of the most interesting cities in the ancient near east. there s a spring there that s still gushing out. hundreds of gallons of water per minute. it s always been a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the
until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the biblical city of palms, jericho. jericho s one of the most interesting cities in the ancient near east. there s a spring there that s still gushing out. hundreds of gallons of water per minute. it s always been a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the middle of the desert. reporter: it s believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. traces of 23 distinct civilizations have been found in a small archaeological park on the outskirts of town. but what draws pilgrims from around the world is actually the biblical account of how one of these ancient civilizations may have disappeared. flying over the sprawling modern-day jericho, we can just see the footprint of ancient jericho, where the bible tells us joshua led his people, the israelites, in their first conquest of land in the promised
believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the biblical city of palms, jericho. jericho s one of the most interesting cities in the ancient near east. there s a spring there that s still gushing out. hundreds of gallons of water per minute. it s always been a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the middle of the desert. reporter: it s believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. traces of 23 distinct civilizations have been found in a small archaeological park on the outskirts of town. but what draws pilgrims from around the world is actually the biblical account of how one of these ancient civilizations may have disappeared. flying over the sprawling modern-day jericho, we can just see the footprint of ancient jericho, where the bible tells us joshua led his people, the israelites, in their first
biblical times, it s hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the biblical city of palms, jericho. jericho s one of the most interesting cities in the ancient near east. there s a spring there that s still gushing out. hundreds of gallons of water per minute. it s always been a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the middle of the desert. reporter: it s believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. traces of 23 distinct civilizations have been found in a small archaeological park on the outskirts of town. but what draws pilgrims from around the world is actually the biblical account of how one of these ancient civilizations may have disappeared. flying over the sprawling modern-day jericho, we can just see the footprint of ancient