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An aerial view of Megiddo from the east. / 32.57889°N 35.18056°E / 32.57889; 35.18056. Megiddo ( Hebrew: מְגִדּוֹ ، Arabic: المجیدو) is a kibbutz in northern Israel, built in 1949. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 867.
Feb 26, 2020 · The archaeology of Armageddon. After a century of digging, archaeologists are still tantalized by the secrets of the 7,000-year-old city of Megiddo. By Andrew Robinson. In the 1920s and 1930s, a ...
Armageddon comes from Greek ‘ Armagedwvn and is most likely derived from the Hebrew “Har Megiddon,” meaning “the Mount of Megiddo.”. The name refers to an imposing 70-foot mound overlooking Israel’s fertile Jezreel Valley, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem and 25 miles from the Mediterranean coast. Archaeologists at Megiddo have ...
Dec 7, 2016 · Locating Megiddo. Megiddo is located near the Kibbutz Megiddo, about 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) from the city of Haifa, Israel. Ancient Greeks called it Armageddon. It thrived as a Canaanite city in the Bronze Age, but there is also a very dark story behind its fame in the modern world. Late Bronze Age city gate at Megiddo. (Golf Bravo/CC BY ...
Armageddon, (probably Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo”), in the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history. Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible only once, in the Revelation to John, or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16). The Palestinian city of Megiddo ...
The first Meggido battle that we know of took place in the year 1480 BCE. It is the first documented battle in history. Megiddo, like all the cities in the Land of Israel, was a Canaanite city that paid taxes to the Egyptian kings. After Megiddo joined a coalition of cities that revolted and refused to pay taxes, the Egyptian king, Thutmose III ...
While doing so it ties together, for the very first time, the wide range of conflicts that have taken place at Megiddo and in the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age, in the place called Armageddon. Megiddo, a fascinating site of twenty cities built directly on top of one another and inhabited continuously from 3000 to 300 BC ...
