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Columned hall from Megiddo

Columned hall from Megiddo


Three-part columned halls were discovered in several major cities in Palestine, mostly near the city gate. Initially, they were considered to be horse barns from the time of Solomon, but this assumption is now abandoned. The first of these structures already appear in the 11th century BCE, but most of them rather date back to the 9th/8th century BCE. These were probably storage rooms and trading centers.


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