Megiddo - the ultimate battleground

Jerusalem Post | April 20, 2001| | Copyright

Calev Ben-David
Jerusalem Post
04-20-2001
Headline: Megiddo - the ultimate battleground
Byline: Calev Ben-David
Edition; Daily
Section: Books
Page: 12

Friday, April 20, 2001 -- The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age by Eric Cline. Michigan, University of Michigan Press. 239 pages. $27.95/NIS 181

When it comes to notable battleground sites, few places on Earth can match the long, bloody record of Israel's Jezreel Valley.

It was here that the very first battle whose details were written down was fought way back in 1479 B.C.E., when the ...

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