Megiddo, located at the southern end of the Jezreel Valley, was a fortified city as early as the third millennium BC. At least twenty levels of habitation have been discovered at Megiddo with each one built on top of the ruins of the preceding city.
The Jezreel Valley from atop Megiddo...
Words cannot describe the scene from the height of Megiddo looking out across the Jezreel Valley.
Megiddo has been the site of three major historical battles:
in two separate battles the Egyptians conquered the Canaanites and later the
Kingdom of Judah, and during World War I Megiddo is where the Allied troops
attacked the Ottoman Empire. I cannot fathom the number of lives lost in battle at this site.
Notice the round altar in the center of this picture...
Here we were looking down into the grainery. There were two sets of stairs, one for going down into the grainery and one for coming up out of it.
Going to check out the tunnel for the ancient civilization's water system...
Ok, Y'all...this was my Goonies moment...I had my backpack on, ready to explore, and I could hear water running down below in the dark cave-like tunnel...
Gratefully we made it out to the other side...
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