, ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁new est ▁gates ▁of ▁Jerusalem . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁when ▁S ule iman ▁the ▁Magn ific ent ▁built ▁the ▁city ▁walls ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 3 0 s , ▁a ▁small ▁w icket ▁gate ▁was ▁situated ▁in ▁the ▁eastern , ▁later al ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁tower , ▁which ▁was ▁rarely ▁opened . ▁Form er ly , ▁the ▁spraw ling ▁resident ial ▁area ▁within ▁this ▁gate ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Bez eth a ▁( effect ually ▁translated ▁as ▁" New ▁City "), ▁settled ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁Second ▁Temple ▁period ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁growing ▁population . ▁By ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁passage way ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁neighborhood s ▁which ▁were ▁beginning ▁to ▁develop ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁City , ▁the ▁Ott om ans ▁opened ▁a ▁new ▁gate ▁in ▁the ▁northern , ▁front al ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁tower , ▁which ▁faces ▁the ▁Sultan ▁S ule iman ▁Street ▁and ▁offers ▁easier ▁access , ▁and ▁closed ▁the ▁original ▁later al ▁gate . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁during ▁several ▁subsequent ▁exc av ation ▁seasons ▁( the ▁latest ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ), ▁arch ae olog ists ▁of ▁the ▁Israel ▁Anti qu ities ▁Author ity ▁d ug ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁area ▁of ▁Her od ' s ▁Gate . ▁The ▁dig ging ▁focused ▁on ▁three ▁separate ▁areas ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁wall , ▁in ▁which ▁nine ▁arch ae ological ▁layers ▁were ▁discovered ▁– ▁covering ▁from ▁the ▁Iron ▁Age ▁up ▁through ▁the