Page "Kiryat Gat" Paragraph 2

Kiryat Gat is named for Gath, one of the five major cities of the Philistines.

In Hebrew, " gat " means " press ".

In the 1950s, archaeologists found ruins at a nearby tell which were mistaken for the Philistine city of Gath.

The real Gath was later discovered thirteen kilometers to the northeast at Tel es-Safi.

Gath was the hometown of the biblical giant Goliath the Gittite.