Tel Dan

Dan, is a city mentioned in the Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, belonging to the Tribe of Dan.

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Iron Age Gate

On the northern frontier of the kingdom, Dan was particularly well fortified. This gatehouse was built in the ninth century, probably by Ahab, and is part of a series of gateways discovered.
The foreground of this picture is the area of the discovery of the Dan Inscription which mentions the "House of David."

Podium for Ruler

This may have been a place for the ruler next to the gate or a place for an idol to be set up.
2 Samuel 18:4 "So the king stood beside the gate while all the men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands."
2 Kings 23:8 "He broke down the shrines at the gates."

Oven

The Canaanite Gate - "Gate of the Three Arches"

This Middle Bronze Gate was built about 1800 B.C. It is a mudbrick gate and was in use approximately 50 years before it was covered to preserve the integrity of the arch.

This gate is built of three arches. The arches, the piers supporting them and the towers flanking the gate are constructed of sun-baked bricks and were covered with white plaster. The gate has survived to its full height of seven meters.  It is possible that Abraham and Sarah walked through this gate.

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