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
Book of Revelation
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The Book of Revelation, also known as the Book of the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse of John, is canonically the last book of the New Testament. Written in Greek, its title is derived from the first wor
Armageddon
…Armagedōn; from Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ, romanized: Har Məgīddō) 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 as either a literal or a symbolic location, although the term has since…
Revelation 13:16–14:4 on Papyrus 47 (recto; c. 250 AD)
Revelation 1:4–7 on Papyrus 18 (c. 300 AD)
Frontispiece to the Book of Revelation, Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura, 9th century
St. John receives his Revelation, Saint-Sever Beatus, 11th century