Tar Megiddo:
This is the view from the top of Tar Megiddo, which means the “Hill of Megiddo.” Tar Megiddo is the phrase which has become garbled into Armageddon. Megiddo was a strategic point in ancient times, as it controlled a valuable trade route between Egypt and the kingdoms that then existed to the north east like Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. Many battles were fought here, and the hill has twenty-seven layers of civilization built one on top of another as one group or another attempted to hold the pass. Many battles have been fought on this plain, and I’m sure it’s not quite over. :-P
