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Comment: Here is the explanatory plaque that was sitting next to the Canaanite Dan. As you can see, what archaeologists have exposed here is the outside of a triple Canaanite gate. Also this is a nice bilingual sign for those who want to practice their Hebrew. :)
This is just a couple hundred meters to the east of the Dan altars. These are the Tel Dan fortifications and some of the excavated walls.

This is another shot of the Tel Dan fortifications further down the hill. This is looking west.

This is just to the right of the previous shot.

Finally this is the entrance to Tel Dan. Of course, originally, the walls were taller than this! :)

A couple hundred meters further east of Tel Dan is the older Canaanite Dan. I believe this was discovered in the 1990s. This was built in mud brick so it is much more fragile than the Israelite stone structures. As you can see they had this fenced off and covered. Notice the green sign. In the full view you can see that it is in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
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This slide show is dedicated to my mother who made possible our summer 2000 visit to Israel.