Excavations carried out in the summer of 2018 shed new light on the entire system of four super-imposed Iron Age gates at Megiddo, including the celebrated ‘Solomonic gate’, which has played a pivotal role in biblical archaeology discussions since the 1930s. A fragmentary gate, earliest in the system (Gate 3165) dates to Stratum VIA in the late Iron I and was destroyed along with the entire city represented by this layer. The six-chambered ‘Solomonic gate’ (Gate 2156) was built during the days of Stratum VA-IVB in the late Iron IIA—the time of the Omride dynasty. Remains of two additional gates—of four and two chambers (described here as Gates 500b and 500a)—date to the time of Strata IVA and III (both Iron IIB) respectively.

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米吉多的铁器时代之门：新证据和最新解释

2018 年夏天进行的发掘为米吉多四个叠加的铁器时代大门的整个系统提供了新的线索，包括著名的“所罗门之门”，自 1930 年代以来，它在圣经考古讨论中发挥了关键作用。系统中最早的一个碎片门（门 3165）可以追溯到铁一时代晚期的 VIA 层，并与该层所代表的整个城市一起被摧毁。六室“所罗门之门”（2156 号门）建于铁 IIA 晚期的 VA-IVB 层时代，也就是奥姆里德王朝时期。两个额外的门——四个和两个房间的遗迹（这里描述为门 500b 和 500a）——分别可以追溯到 Strata IVA 和 III（铁 IIB）时代。