Armageddon
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Armageddon is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, according to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Armageddon is variously interpreted
Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. Painting by Hieronymus Bosch (1505).
Tel Megiddo with archaeological remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages
Ruins atop Tel Megiddo
Tel Megiddo
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Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley. During the Bron
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…the Hebrew har məgīddō (הר מגידו). Har means "a mountain" or "a range of hills". This is a shortened form of harar meaning "to loom up; a mountain". Məgīddō refers to a fortification made by King Ahab that dominated the Plain of Jezreel. Its name means "place of crowds". Adam Clarke wrote in his Bible…
An aerial view of Tel Megiddo
Late Bronze Age city gate
Gate 2156, built by a proto-Israelite power or during the Omride dynasty (Late Iron Age IIA, c. 900–780 BCE).
The Assyrian period, when the site was called Magiddu, c. 732–609 BCE – plan and ruins