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...most significant discovery was a mud-brick arched gateway measuring more than 12 feet high. Two other gateways had been found at other sites, but the Ashkelon arch dates to 1900 B.C.E., making it the oldest monumental arch ever found...
Stager said the recovery of the gateway was one of the greatest moments of his archaeological career...
...sense of the greatness of Canaanite culture in its ability to inter-display such incredible architectural technology and aesthetics in this monumental gateway," said Stager. "What we saw in Ashkelon was a small expression of the power and wealth of the Canaanites at the time...
Polls show that drugs, more than terrorism or the economy, are Spain's most incendiary political issue. The country has become a principal gateway for South American cocaine, Middle Eastern heroin and North African hashish. Although the government has stepped up enforcement, its combat against the drug trade is uneven. Colombian Justice Minister Fernando Carrillo Florez recently charged that "the battle against the Medellin cartel is being lost because of Spanish bureaucratic hassles" in delivering evidence against dealers...
...Flynn has painted the gun as a sort of "gateway" to urban violence the way marijuana is to hard drug abuse...