A Gate-Shrine Dating to the First Temple Period was Exposed in the Tel Lachish National Park

The archaeological excavation was conducted in January-March by the Israel Antiquities Authority, at the initiative of the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage and in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority, in order to further the continued development of the Tel Lachish National Park. The northern part of the gate was uncovered decades ago by a British expedition and an expedition of the Tel Aviv University, and the current excavation was engaged in completely exposing the gate. The gate that was revealed in the excavation is the largest one known in the country from the First Temple period.
According to Sa'ar Ganor, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “The size of the gate is consistent with the historical and archaeological knowledge we possess, whereby Lachish was a major city and the most important one after Jerusalem”. According to the biblical narrative, the cities’ gates were the place where ‘everything took place’: the city elders, judges, governors, kings and officials - everyone would sit on benches in the city gate. These benches were found in our excavation”.

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I'm a Christian, but I get frustrated with believers of any religion (including atheism, which is a religion) when they claim a piece of evidence means their religion is completely true. We've got Sirus' cylinder, Herod's constructions, Josephus writing, doesn't prove your faith is correct.

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