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Sign: Tel Megiddo - The Sacred Area


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Tel Megiddo, Israel
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האזור המקודש
אזור זה שימש מוקד פולחני במשך למעלה מאלפיים שנה, למן תקופת הברונזה הקדומה ועד תקופת הברזל I. סדרה של מקדשים (1, 3-5). שנבנו אחד על גבי השני, נחשפה בחתך העמוק שנחפר על ידי משלחת אוניברסיטת שיקגו. "משלחת חפירות מגידו" בראשות אוניברסיטת תל אביב חשפה מכלול פולחני נוסף (2), הגדול והמפואר מסוגו בארץ-ישראל ושכנותיה. במסדרונותיו נמצאו אלפי עצמות בעלי חיים - שרידים לקורבנות שהובאו אליו כמנחה.

The Sacred Area
This area served as a focus of worship for over two thousand years, from the Early Bronze through the Iron I periods. The University of Chicago excavation section revealed a series of temples (1, 3-5) built one on top of the other. The Megiddo Expedition, led by a team from Tel Aviv University, uncovered an additional temple (2) unique in the Levant in its monumentality and the thousands of sacrificial animal bones found in and around it.
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Tel Megiddo is one of the most important archaeological sites in Israel.
The site was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

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