Conservation of Dung Gate Section
During February-June 2011 conservation measures were carried out along the Dung Gate section of the Old City walls. The measures were undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Prime Minister's Office and the Jerusalem Development Authority...

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The area where the Dung Gate section is situated was first included within the city limits in the period of Nehemiah, with the Return to Zion at the end of the sixth century BCE...
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