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	Megiddo (kibbutz) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Megiddo is located near the intersection between highways 65 (from Hadera to Afula) and 66 (going from Haifa south to Samaria), which is called the Megiddo Junction.
		In 2005, Israeli archeologists discovered the remains of an ancient church, perhaps the eldest in the Holy Land under the grounds of the military prison.
		In apocalyptic literature, Mount Megiddo (Hebrew: Har Megiddo), the hill overlooking the valley where the current kibbutz is located, is identified as the site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of time, known as Armageddon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Megiddo,_Israel (187 words)

	Megiddo - The Solomonic Chariot City
		Megiddo was destroyed in the military campaign of Pharaoh Shishak in 926 BCE, and restored during the reign of Ahab, king of Israel (ca.
		Megiddo continued to serve as the seat of the royal governor during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel.
		Megiddo was apparently conquered and destroyed in 732 BCE, during the campaign of Tiglath Pilesser III, king of Assyria, against the Kingdom of Israel.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Archaeology/Megiddo.html (2002 words)

	The Megiddo Expedition
		Until recently, scholars generally agreed that Megiddo’s six-chambered gate and adjoining city wall at the northern entrance to the city was commissioned by King Solomon in the late tenth century B.C. as a part of the great building project mentioned in 1 Kings 9:15.
		At Megiddo, the arrival of the Assyrian conquerors is present in the archaeological record in the dismantling of the stables and the construction of impressive Assyrian-style palaces from which the rich Jezreel Valley was governed in the name of the Assyrian king.
		Israel Finkelstein and David Ussishkin of Tel Aviv University and Baruch Halpern of Pennsylvania State University are co-directors of the current Megiddo Expedition, which also includes Loyola Marymount, the University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Rostock.
	megiddo.tau.ac.il /archmag.html (3153 words)

	Megiddo - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Megiddo was located on the eastern slope of the Carmel range between Jokneam, seven miles to the northwest, and Taanach, five miles to the southeast.
		The Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III took Megiddo from the Canaanites in 1470 B.C., claiming that "the capturing of Megiddo is the capturing of a thousand cities." This conquest further established Egyptian presence and control of the land before the Conquest under Joshua.
		After the Conquest and settling of the land, Megiddo became one of the major cities in the area that the tribe of Manasseh was unable to completely conquer.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/megiddo.htm (792 words)

	Megiddo
		Archaeologists working in Megiddo have unearthed an incredible 25 layers of settlement built on top of each other that cover a period of 35 centuries.
		Megiddo's long history is related to its strategic position overlooking the Via Maris, one of the main routes used for travel between Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia.
		Megiddo is first mentioned in the Bible in Joshua 12:21.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/Megiddo.html (559 words)

	Armageddon and Biblical Archaeology at Megiddo
		Megiddo’s importance in the region can be inferred from the fact that it is the only Israelite settlement mentioned by every great power of the ancient Near East.
		Megiddo was the site of several major battles, each of which held the fate of all Asia west of the Euphrates in the balance.
		Megiddo’s water system served to protect the city’s water supply during times of warfare--which were often--and consisted of a large shaft that extended some 120 feet into the ground.
	siteofmegiddo.tripod.com (2370 words)

	Megiddo - Archeology in Israel
		Megiddo is one of the most important sites for the archeology of the Israelite kingdom, but there also many secrets to divulge as scientists struggle with the correct dating of the finds.
		Megiddo's location was fortunate, connected to the ancient trade route to Egypt and Mesopotamia which ran along the sea by way of a pass through the Carmel mountains.
		During the time of the Judges, Megiddo eluded the warfare of the Israelites (Judges 1:27), apparently despite the message in the song of Deborah in Judges 5 which speaks of a victory over the Canaanite kings near Megiddo.
	www.jewishmag.com /62mag/megiddo/megiddo.htm (1590 words)

	Travel Terrific
		Megiddo is situated on a mound in the southwest corner of the Jezreel Valley at the narrow opening of the Eron Pass of the Wadi Arah that leads to the sea.
		The most impressive site at Megiddo is the ancient water tunnel, at least 2,900 years old, that gave the city access to water from the spring outside the walls during times of siege.
		From the hill-top of Megiddo, a shaft was sunk into the ground and at the bottom a sloped tunnel was dug seven meters to the spring so that water would flow into the Shaft.
	www.travelterrific.com /summer2000/middle_east_sum00_01.html (898 words)

	Suicide Car Bomb Kills At Least 18 In Israel
		The blast in northern Israel claimed the highest number of Israeli casualties of any attack since the end early last month of a crushing six-week offensive through the West Bank, launched in response to a wave of suicide bombings.
		A correspondent for Israel's Army Radio described a couple locked in a death embrace, their charred bodies hanging from one of the bus's rear windows.
		For Israel, the goal of the reforms to the security services would be to increase the Authority's control over Palestinian armed groups and make it more accountable for their actions.
	www.rense.com /general25/least.htm (879 words)

	Israel News.Net
		Israel championed, encouraged, and basked in, the achievements of Ilan Ramon.
		Megiddo, Israel — Israeli prisoner Ramil Razilo was removing rubble from the planned site of a new prison ward when his shovel uncovered the edge of...
		Israel News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
	www.israelnews.net (1044 words)

	Megiddo Expedition reveals new history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The previous excavators of Megiddo, digging up to the 1960s, laid the foundation for the discipline of Biblical archaeology, but archaeological methods were still in their infancy.
		The Megiddo Expedition is conducted by The Institute of Archeology of Tel Aviv University, with Pennsylvania State University as the senior affiliate.
		Megiddo is excavated by seasons, with digging occurring bi-annually.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V139/N59/04-megiddo.59d.html (541 words)

	Archaeologists unveil site of ancient church in Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MEGIDDO PRISON, Israel - Israeli prisoner Ramil Razilo was removing rubble from the planned site of a new prison ward when his shovel uncovered the edge of an elaborate mosaic, unveiling what Israeli archaeologists said Sunday may be the Holy Land's oldest church.
		The discovery of the church in the northern Israeli town of Megiddo, near the biblical Armageddon, was hailed by experts as an important discovery that could reveal details about the development of the early church in the region.
		Pottery remnants from the third century, the style of Greek writing used in the inscriptions, ancient geometric patterns in the mosaics and the depiction of fish rather than the cross indicate that the church was no longer used by the fourth century, Tepper said.
	www.azcentral.com /news/articles/1107IsraelChurch07-ON.html (757 words)

	Shari's Missions Journey to Israel and other places
		In apocalyptic literature, Mount Megiddo (Hebrew: Har Megiddo), the hill overlooking the valley (Jezreel) where the current kibbutz is located, is identified as the site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of time, known as Armageddon.
		Megiddo is a tel, a hill made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge, which overlooks the Jezreel Valley from the south.
		Megiddo was a site of great importance in ancient world, as it guarded the western branch of Via Maris, an ancient trade route from Egypt to Mesopotamia.
	www.sogwap.net /weblog/2004/03/megiddo-israel-in-apocalyptic.html (365 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> World -> 18 dead in rush-hour car bomb blast in Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Megiddo Junction (Israel): A massive car bomb turned a rush-hour Israeli bus into a fireball early on June 5, killing 18 people, wounding dozens of others and raising fears of a new cycle of violence after a period of relative calm.
		The rush-hour blast at Megiddo, the biblical Armageddon, between the Israeli port city of Haifa and the Palestinian West Bank town of Jenin, came amid US efforts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, who have been embroiled in a bloody conflict since September 2000.
		The blast, which came on the 35th anniversary of the start of the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours, was expected to dominate a meeting of Israel's security Cabinet chaired on Jun 5 by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2002/06/05/05israel1.html (457 words)

	The Megiddo Expedition
		I applied and was accepted as a member of the Megiddo Expedition, and in mid-June of 1994, I hopped on a plane with a suitcase stuffed with clothes and a stomach full of excitement.
		Israel Finkelstein, one of the directors of the Expedition, said that this was the best season of digging he had ever experienced.
		Israel Finkelstein, one of the Megiddo Expedition Directors, has published his two volume work, along with Zvi Lederman and Shlomo Bunimovitz, the product of over a decade of field survey and research in the Samarian hills, Highlands of Many Cultures: The Southern Samaria Survey: The Sites.
	megiddo.tau.ac.il /revelations2.html (2681 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines
		MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) - An Islamic militant drove a car packed with explosives alongside an Israeli bus Wednesday and then ignited a huge fireball that flipped the bus over twice.
		Israel said Arafat was responsible and presiding over a coalition of terror.
		Megiddo is Hebrew for Armageddon - the scene of the final battle between good and evil in the end of days, according to the New Testament's Book of Revelation.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h30368734.html (955 words)

	On a Quiet Israel Road, a Bus Ride Ends in Carnage
		The Wednesday morning blast on a northern Israel roadway was the deadliest attack since March: 17 passengers were killed, and more than 30 hospitalized.
		In Gaza City, the radical group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack on the "Zionist bus." According to a statement by group leader Sheik Abdullah Shami, the bombing was meant to mark the 35th anniversary of the Middle East War, in which Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.
		It is apricot season here in Megiddo, a land whose honeyed light, cool winds and watermelon fields belie its turbulent politics.
	www.robincmiller.com /articles/a64.htm (910 words)

	A Lord at Meggido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Viscount Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby of Megiddo, nephew of the legendary British general who liberated Palestine from the Turks and namesake of one of Tel Aviv’s busiest shopping streets, visited the TAU archeological excavations at Megiddo recently.
		Megiddo, settled continuously for six millenia and associated with Biblical history, King Solomon and Ahab, is also significant for Christians as Armageddon, the location of the final battle between good and evil.
		The new findings reinforce assumptions that Megiddo was one of the central cities of Canaan during that period.
	www.tau.ac.il /taunews/96fall/megiddo.html (356 words)

	Fortean Slips: Armageddonland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Israel has announced plans to develop new tourist attractions and accommodations at ground zero itself, the biblical city of Armageddon.
		Israel is anxious to do whatever it takes to get travelers coming back, short of ensuring that violence and bloodshed won't interfere with the sightseeing.
		The nation's trump card for tourism is Megiddo, whose apocalyptic associations are expected to attract millions of visitors on the eve of the millennium.
	www.parascope.com /articles/slips/fs14_01.htm (690 words)

	CNN.com - Car bomb kills 17 on bus in Israel - June 5, 2002
		MEGIDDO JUNCTION, Israel (CNN) -- An explosives-laden car pulled alongside a bus and blew up Wednesday morning in Northern Israel, killing at least 17 passengers -- including 13 Israeli soldiers -- according to Israeli police and emergency medical personnel.
		Several soldiers were on the bus, heading back to their posts in northern Israel, police said.
		The car bomb was the deadliest terror attack on Israel since the end, in early May, of "Operation Defensive Shield." The Israeli military campaign in the West Bank was aimed at dismantling what Israel termed the "terrorist infrastructure" in the area.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/06/05/mideast.bomb (685 words)

	Megiddo - Israel Airfields
		Megiddo, consisting of a single runway 2350 meters long, first opened in 1942 and served as an auxiliary field to Ramat David.
		Megido is in the Jezreel Valley, in the north of Israel, which due to its strategic place saw many battles.
		Megiddo is an ancient city built atop a tel or hill, pronounced har in Hebrew.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/israel/megiddo.htm (154 words)

	Megiddo, Israel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Megiddo is a (A collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively) kibbutz in (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israel.
		Megiddo is located near the intersection between highways 65 (from (additional info and facts about Hadera) Hadera to (additional info and facts about Afula) Afula) and 66 (going from Haifa south to Samaria), which is called the Megiddo Junction.
		Located near the site of the several (additional info and facts about Battles of Megiddo) Battles of Megiddo and Tel Megiddo, a rich (additional info and facts about archeological) archeological site.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Me/Megiddo,_Israel.htm (183 words)

	USATODAY.com - Archaeologists wait for strife to subside in Holy Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MEGIDDO, Israel — The New Testament says this peaceful rise overlooking the lush Jezreel Valley is the site of Armageddon, the last great battle between good and evil at the end of days.
		Israel and the Palestinian territories — the crossroads of ancient civilizations and cradle of Judaism, Christianity and Islam — are the world's most densely excavated areas.
		Ancient ruins and biblical history are the bedrock of Israel's tourism industry, which has plummeted to almost nothing since the Palestinian uprising began in September 2000.
	www.usatoday.com /news/science/anthro/2002-06-20-holy-land.htm (1602 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israeli tanks roll after 16 die in bus blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — An Islamic suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives alongside an Israeli bus Wednesday and then ignited a huge fireball that flipped the bus over twice.
		The blast in the coastal town of Netanya triggered Israel's six-week military offensive against Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
		In Hebrew Megiddo means Armageddon — the scene of the final battle between good and evil in the end of days, according to the New Testament's Book of Revelation.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/06/05/bus-explosion.htm (1068 words)

	Megiddo: Description: Bible Picture Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Megiddo: Battleplace of Armageddon, Bible Picture Tour of Israel, Virtual Tour of the Holy Land: Megiddo: Battleplace of Armageddon.
		Tel Megiddo is one of the most important archaeological mounds in Israel for biblical times.
		Megiddo, mentioned in an ancient Egyptian document (over 3,500 years old), was one of the chariot cities of Kings Solomon and Ahab, and was the site where Josiah, King of Judah, fell in battle.
	www.mustardseed.net /html/pmegidd.html (439 words)

	*PHOTOS* Israel bus terror attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, it is clearly the most deadly attack on Israel since the end of March, its launching of a major offensive into Palestinian towns of the West Bank in an effort to root out the militants responsible for such attacks and their means of inflicting them.
		Israel is planning to build a fence in the area to limit attacks.
		The Muslims are fighting the Hindis in Kasmir, the Muslims are fighting the Jews in Israel, the Muslims are fighting the Christians in the Phillipines and former Yugoslavia, and the Muslims fought Muslims in Iran and Iraq.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/695017/posts (3406 words)

	Left Behind: Megiddo and the End Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The city of Megiddo stood at the southwest edge of the plain of Esdraelon, the Greek name for this area.
		Megiddo was located on the Via Maris, the main trade route between Eqypt in the south and Syria, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia in the north and east.
		In the subsequent allotments to the tribes of Israel, Megiddo was assigned to Manasseh, but they could not conquer it from the Canannites (Joshua 17:11-12; Judges 1:27).
	www.leftbehind.com /channelendtimes.asp?pageid=509&channelID=71 (778 words)

	About Israel: Megiddo
		Leon was very helpful to the BikeAbout team while they were in Israel, and has graciously allowed us to make his work available to you on the BikeAbout site.
		Nations from the two ends of the known world 3000 years ago, Babylon in the East and Egypt in the West clashed in battle for possession of Megiddo.
		In spite of all the riches G-d has given him, and these can be seen more clearly at Megiddo than many other places on earth, man is determined to make war.
	www.bikeabout.org /resource/israel-7.htm (494 words)

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