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Meggido AKA Armageddon.
In the Bible, it says something like "The kings of the world shall watch the final battle between good and evil from Armageddon". I can't remember exactly.
Anywho, Meggido is Armageddon. One is an ancient name, the other is a Greek or Roman version of it.
Archeologists have found Meggido. It does exist. It is near Gaza IIRC.
It also turns out that it is smack-dab in the middle of a cross-roads for four major routes. If you wanted to move around that area a few millenia ago, you HAD to go through Meggido.
Turns out, around 1469 BC, Tuthmosis III went on a rampage through that area. He managed to get Nubia under Egyptian rule, as well as Meggido and 349 other cities! He attacked the Syrians for 18 straight summers!
Tuthmosis III kicked the Holy Land's ass!
So did a bunch of other people. Meggido was often rebuilt.
Now, during this time, there were Israelites in Egypt. IIRC (and if the info I was told was correct), the Jews fled Egypt around 13xx BC. After the conquering of Meggido.
We also known that the Israelites took on some Egyptian customs and aspects. Moses is NOT a Jewish name. It is Egyptian.
So if we add it up, we can reasonably assume that the legend of Armageddon most likely springs out of the stories of utter destruction that arose form the constant attacks on Meggido as well as the Egyptian legends of their conquest (Pharoh's tended to GREATLY exagerate their battles....much like politicians today...).
That is the kind of things archeologist look for when working on biblical sites.
They find the site, and by looking at it and other histories they can find out why the bible says some of the things it does.
In the case of Meggido, history shows that numerous battles took place there. Some of HUGE scope. Actually they took place BELOW Meggido. Meggido is on a hill. The defenders and attackers fought on the plain beneath it.
And people looked out at the battle FROM Meggido.
All the bible is saying is that when the final battle takes place, you will be able to see it from Meggido.
Which in the ancient world they lived in would have made sense.
Archaeological & Other Scientific Findings Vs. Religious Texts
https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...-scientific-findings-vs-religious-texts.2499/
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Meggido AKA Armageddon.
In the Bible, it says something like "The kings of the world shall watch the final battle between good and evil from Armageddon". I can't remember exactly.
Anywho, Meggido is Armageddon. One is an ancient name, the other is a Greek or Roman version of it.
Archeologists have found Meggido. It does exist. It is near Gaza IIRC.
It also turns out that it is smack-dab in the middle of a cross-roads for four major routes. If you wanted to move around that area a few millenia ago, you HAD to go through Meggido.
Turns out, around 1469 BC, Tuthmosis III went on a rampage through that area. He managed to get Nubia under Egyptian rule, as well as Meggido and 349 other cities! He attacked the Syrians for 18 straight summers!
Tuthmosis III kicked the Holy Land's ass!
So did a bunch of other people. Meggido was often rebuilt.
Now, during this time, there were Israelites in Egypt. IIRC (and if the info I was told was correct), the Jews fled Egypt around 13xx BC. After the conquering of Meggido.
We also known that the Israelites took on some Egyptian customs and aspects. Moses is NOT a Jewish name. It is Egyptian.
So if we add it up, we can reasonably assume that the legend of Armageddon most likely springs out of the stories of utter destruction that arose form the constant attacks on Meggido as well as the Egyptian legends of their conquest (Pharoh's tended to GREATLY exagerate their battles....much like politicians today...).
That is the kind of things archeologist look for when working on biblical sites.
They find the site, and by looking at it and other histories they can find out why the bible says some of the things it does.
In the case of Meggido, history shows that numerous battles took place there. Some of HUGE scope. Actually they took place BELOW Meggido. Meggido is on a hill. The defenders and attackers fought on the plain beneath it.
And people looked out at the battle FROM Meggido.
All the bible is saying is that when the final battle takes place, you will be able to see it from Meggido.
Which in the ancient world they lived in would have made sense.
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