[Ha'aretz] Ofri Ilani and Eli Ashkenazi - The Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority Tuesday opened "Abraham's Gate" at Tel Dan in the north, for visits by the public. The ancient structure from the Canaanite period of the Bronze Age is thought to have been built around 1750 BCE, the period of Abraham, the first patriarch of the Jewish people. The gate, first uncovered in 1979, is composed of three arches and constructed of sun-dried mud brick on a foundation of large basalt stones. Tel Aviv University archaeologist Raphael Greenberg noted that it is the oldest arch in the country.
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