Megiddo - Circular altar

In Megiddo there is a view down into the Schumacher Trench, in which a Canaanite shrine was excavated. A particularly notable feature is a large circular altar ("high place") dating from an earlier period which was renovated around 1900 B.C. when the immediately adjoining Eastern Temple (Level XV) was built. It is some 1.25m/4ft high and has a diameter of 7m/23ft, with steps on the east side leading up to the "high place".