The Jezreel Valley, or Marj Ibn Amir is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District of Israel. It is bordered to the north by the highlands of the Lower Galilee, to the south by t
Agriculture in the Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley and Mount Tabor
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
Jezreel Valley
…place 1,000 years later around Jerusalem (Revelation 20:7–20:10)), the place being known as Armageddon, a toponym derived from the Hebrew Har Megiddo, 'Mount Megiddo'. Archaeological excavations have indicated near continuous settlement from the Ghassulian culture of the Chalcolithic Age (c. 4500–3300 BCE) to the…
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