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Plan of the great Iron Age city of Beer-Sheva. The white areas are unexcavated. Only parts of the circular street and the casemate walls have been found, but their general pattern is easily seen. The city gate has four chambers, two on either side. Scholars are still arguing about whether the long rooms to the right of the city gate are storehouses or stables. The lettered and numbered rooms are referred to in the text.