The City-Gate

The City-Gate (HM181O)

Location: Caesarea
Country: Israel
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N 32° 35.176', E 35° 11.048'

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(The Late Bronze Period)

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The Late Bronze period (1550-1150 B.C.) is marked by Egyptian rule of Canaan. At that time, Megiddo was one of the country's major city-states and its king a loyal vassal of the Egyptian pharaoh. The city-gate and the elaborate palace located just inside the are the best-known remains of this period. The city-gate was apparently incorporated into the Middle Bronze (2000-1550 B.C.) fortifications that were still in use at the time.

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"Say to the king, my Lord and my sun: message of the Biriowa, the Loyal servant of the king. (...) Lab'ayu {king of shechem} has waged war against me. (...) and we are unable to go out of the city-gate (...) so may the king give a garrison of 100 men to guard his city lest Lab'ayu seize it (...) he seeks simply the seizure of 'magidda" (El-Amarna archive, extract of a 14th c. B.C. Letter from the King of Megiddo to the Egyptian pharaoh)
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HM NumberHM181O
Series This marker is part of the Tel Megiddo series
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Date Added Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 1:19pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)36S E 705000 N 3607526
Decimal Degrees32.58626667, 35.18413333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 35.176', E 35° 11.048'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 35' 10.56" N, 35° 11' 2.88" E
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 12 66, Caesarea , IL
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