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'''Megiddo''' is a town and area in [[Israel]], whose name is linked to the Biblical concept of the ultimate battle at [[Armageddon]]. There is a significant archeological site with evidence of past battles, <ref>{{citation
'''Megiddo''' is a tel in [[Israel]], whose name is linked to the Biblical [[Book of Revelations]] concept of the ultimate battle at [[Armageddon]]. There is a significant archeological site with evidence of past battles,<ref>{{citation
  | url = http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/
  | url = http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/
  | title = The Megiddo Expedition
  | title = The Megiddo Expedition
  | publisher = Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University}}</ref> designated as a [[UNESCO World Historic Site]]. <ref>{{citation
  | publisher = Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University}}</ref> designated by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage site]].<ref>{{citation
  | title = Unesco Inscribes Megiddo As A World Heritage Site
  | title = Unesco Inscribes Megiddo As A World Heritage site
  | url = http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/world_heritage.html
  | url = http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/world_heritage.html
   | publisher = Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University}}</ref>
   | publisher = Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University}}</ref> The tel was first [[excavation|excavated]] in 1903, and since then has been the subject of archaeological investigations in the 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s.<ref>{{citation
 
  | url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1108
Current battle, however, goes on betwee the regional authorities and tourist developers, the latter wanting to build a second international airport for Israel. <ref>{{citation
  | title = Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
  | url = http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184871151&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
  | publisher = UNESCO}}</ref>
| date = 19 June 2009
  | title = Go fly a kite! Megiddo fights plan for second int'l airport
| author = Margaret Stoner | journal = Jerusalem Post}}</ref> It would be based on a decommissioned air force base. <ref>{{citation
| url = http://megiddofund.com/act_airport.html
| title = International Airport
  | publisher = Megiddo Fund}}</ref>


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Megiddo is a tel in Israel, whose name is linked to the Biblical Book of Revelations concept of the ultimate battle at Armageddon. There is a significant archeological site with evidence of past battles,[1] designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.[2] The tel was first excavated in 1903, and since then has been the subject of archaeological investigations in the 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Megiddo Expedition, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University
  2. ↑ Unesco Inscribes Megiddo As A World Heritage site, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University
  3. ↑ Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba, UNESCO
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