Other Canaanite tombs were found south-east of the village. Beitin increased in size from the status of a village to a fortified town. Walls 3.5 meters thick were uncovered by excavations of a section of the defenses. Another temple was built on top of the Tel during this period. This appears to have been destroyed in an earthquake.
Archaeologists think that the town had two other gates, to the west and to the east.
The main gate is the one to the north-west which was built on the ruins of the temple on top of the site. The walls of the entrance are 1.5 meters thick. Inside the site itself another temple was excavated and it is one of the finest monuments of the Middle Bronze Age in Palestine. In this temple a large amount of animal bones was found along with utensils made of clay, decorated storage jars and a column bearing the head of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. The site was occupied by the Egyptians about 1550 BC after the liberation of Egypt from the Hyksos.