OCR Text |
Show Armageddon Annageddol1 HistoryPi Plobed Probed obed by Digging DiggingThrough DiggingThrough Through 20 Layeis Layels Layei LayeisChicago s sChicago ChIcagoDlggmg ChicagoDigging Chicago -Dlggmg Dlggmg -Digging Digging - Digging through through20 20 layers of city ruins rums an anOn anOriental anOriental On Oriental ental institute Instltute e\.pedItlOn e.pedItlOn e .pedItlOn pedItlOn expedition expeditionin e.pedItlOnm ' \ . m in Palestine Palestme has probed the theentlre theentire theentire entlre entire history lustory of Armaged Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon don classic claSS1C battlefield of the theworld theworld theworld world Word that the e'Cpedi eCpedi expedi e'Cpedibon expedition expedition ' bon tion had struck bedrock at attlus atthis atthis tlus this site which the Book Booh . of ofRevelatIOns ofRevelations ofRevelations RevelatIOns names as the 10 to 10catlon tocation location catlon cation for a final battle be between between botween tween forces of good andeV11 andevil and eV11 evil evilwas , was received here by Duec Direc Duector Director Director tor John A Wilson of the Insh1ute institute in instilute stilute sh1ute stitute stiluteThe sh1uteThe stituteThe The date for the twcnt tWCtlt twent eth and andoldest andoldest andoldest oldest city will notlie not"be notbe " " estimated un unt11 until until t11 til pottery associated with it has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been w . .v.v v.v vv . more . _ closely .w w . _ . , _ stud . _ _ en ed _ _ _ reported rcported _ - - - - _ - - w . .v.v v.v vv . . _ .w w . _ . , _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - _ - - Gordon Loud in m charge of excava exeava excavatIons exeavations excavations tIons at the sIteThe siteThe site siteThe The 13 acre mount ident fied fled as asArmageddon asArmageddon asArmageddon Armageddon of Bible B1ble ' time 1me is no v vcalled vcalled vcaUed called Meg ddo The Oriental m in mstItute institute mstitute stItute began exploring e'Cplormg eCplormg ' its contentsin contentsm contents m in 1925 and has found m 1D in it ruinsot rwns rwnsof rwnsof of civilizations dating datmg from 400 B BC BC BC C back bacl to earl er en than tJlan 2000 B CE CExcavations C CExcavations ' E Excavations cavatIons have revealed that thatalthough , , although battles were fought at Ar Armageddon Armsgeddon Armageddon mageddon msgeddon furiously and often orten the thecity thecity thecity city flourished flounshed in the intervals mtervals of ofpeace ofpeace ofpeace peace Tb Th s long forgotten side of ofArmageddon ofArmageddon ofArmageddon Armageddon s personality has been beenredlscovcred beenrediscovered beenrediscovered redlscovcred rediscovered m in the palace of therul the therul theruing rul ruing ng princesIts princes prmces princesIts prmcesIts Its Palace l Mas nas as SplendidCommandmg SplendidCommanding Splendid SplendidCommanding Commanding Commandmg a magnificent magmficent VIew VIewof viewof viewof of the plain plam this palace in the Fli Fif Fliteenth Fifteenth Fitteenth teenth to Thirteenth centuries be befOle befoie befoie fOle foie Christ Chnst was luxurious hu.urlOus huurlOus lui.urious luiurious . . . and splen splendId splendid splendid dId The rums ruins show that its many manyrooms manyrooms manyrooms rooms were grouped around a ccn can ccntral cantral ccntral tral court paved \ viith with Ith lime and andpamted andpainted andpainted pamted painted m in bulliant bllUIant brilliant colors Visitors Visitorsto to the ivory palace paused to wash washm washin washm m in an anteroom paved1th paved ' with \1th 1th \ sea seashells seashells seashells shells The hoard of gold Ivory Ivoryand ivoryand ivoryand and lapis lazuli treasures found m in mthe inthe mthe the palace test fies to magnIficence magnificenceof of Canaanite Canaamte princes pnnces in the era when whenthey whenthey whenthey they were vassals vaisals to EgyptSolomon EgyptSolomon Egypt EgyptSolomon Solomon s interest mterest m In Megiddo Meglddo has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been recalled by discovery in the therums theruins therums rums ruins of gleat great stables which "ould ould would "ouldshelter wouldshelter " wouldshelter shelter more than SOO 300 horses a at t a atime atime tIme reminding remIndmg e'Cca\ e'Cca eCca excavators e'Ccaators ' \ ators that thatKing thatKing KIng Solomon in his own day was wasprobably wasprobably probably more widely known for forhorses forhorses forhorses horses than for wivesThe wivesThe wives wivesThe The lowest levels boast arch tec tecture tecturn tecture ture turn surprisingly surpnsmgly good tor for the pe penod perind penod nod rind around 2000 B C Mr Loud re reports reports reports ports but these early settlements settlementshave settlementshave have been relatively poor m in burled buried burledobjects buriedobjects buriedobjects buriedobjectsIn objects objectsIn In the nineteenth mneteenth level has been beenun beenuncovered beenuncovered un uncovered overed a large round altar altarwh altarwh altarwh wh ch dates from about the time of ofthe ofthe ofthe the patriarchs patnarchs of the Blble-Abra Blble Abra Bible-Abra Bible BibleAbraham Bible - Abraham ham Isaac and JacobThe Jacob JacobThe The earl est eat battle at Armaged Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon don so far known was fought In inMay inMay May 1479 B C " when "hen hen Thutmose Thutmosethe Thutmosethe the Third Tlurd of Egpt Egypt Eg ) pt defeated the ASI ASIatic Asiatic Asiatic atic allies alhes This Thus feat " was "as as duplIcated duplicatedm duplicatedin m in September 1918 A D when Gen General General General eral Allenby led a British divis dlVIS onagainst on onagaInst onagainst agaInst Turks near the site |