Yet John Underhill of Edinburgh University has found evidence that the isthmus is full of landslide rubble, which could have tumbled into a narrow sea channel during an earthquake.

然而，爱丁堡大学的约翰·安德希尔发现证据显示这个地峡布满了山崩后的砾石，它们可以在发生地震时滚落到一个狭窄的海峡里。

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To the east of Bethlehem, chalky hills sink below sea level towards the Dead Sea and the ancient city of Jericho, immortalized in the Bible for its walls that tumbled under the blasts of trumpets (Joshua 6:20).

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