The governor's palace is located right inside the northern gate. It includes a small private temple, guardrooms, an assembly, kitchen, and living rooms. The holy temple lies east of the palace and dates from the end of the Middle Bronze Age. The fortress temple on the summit of the hill is the largest and the most impressive surviving Canaanite temple in Palestine. It measures 26.8 meters long and 24.2 meters wide, its walls are about 5 meters thick.
Archaeologists believe that it was a two-storey building.
It has one entrance to the east, in the middle of which is a column to support a roof, and on each side of the entrance is a massive tower. The eastern tower has a stairway that might have led to the second floor. Inside the main hall are two rows of columns. Sites in Jericho City Monastery of Temptation Constructed in the 19th Century to replace the monastery constructed by the crusaders in the 12th century - this site marks the mountain where Jesus fasted and mediated for 40 days withstanding Satan's temptation. Dead Sea 405 meters below sea level make the Dead Sea the lowest point on earth, which because of its high salt content makes it inhospitable to life - but helpful in treating skin diseases.