🏛️ Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba

Israel · Asia · Cultural · 31.24°N, 34.84°E

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 Bronze Age, Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state, and in the Iron Age, it became a royal city in the Kingdom of Israel. The site is renowned for its historical, geographical, and theological significance, especially under its Greek name Armageddon (Ἁρμαγεδών), which appears once in the Koine Greek New Testament in Revelation 16:16.

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Quick facts

Country	Israel
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	31.24°N, 34.84°E · view on map

Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba is a cultural World Heritage site in Israel, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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