Hallowed Ground | Megiddo (Armageddon), Israel

Megiddo, in Israel’s Jezreel Valley, is among the most fought-over pieces of ground in history. The world’s great armies have waged 34 known battles across the terrain surrounding the base of Tel Megiddo, the hilltop settlement dating from 7000 bc. It is the site of history’s first reliably recorded battle, when in 1457 bc Egyptians …

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