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The Burial Ground at Horvat Tevet in the Jezreel Valley Is a Rare Find From the Very End of the Canaanite City-states and the Birth of the Biblical Kingdom of Israel More Than 3,000 Years Ago, Archaeologists Say

New archeological evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans 2,000 years ago has been found with the discovery of a “rare enigmatic” stone box from the Second Temple period. The box, which is now available for public view for the first time at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, was discovered during Israel Antiquities Authority […]

Archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made yet another historic discovery. Architectural remains of the 1,800-year-old Roman VIth ‘Ferrata’ Iron Legion military base were uncovered in a recent excavation it carried out by at the foot of Tel Megiddo (near Haifa), close to the ancient Kfar Othnay village (Greek: Capercotnai). The IAA said that […]

The 1,800-year-old military camp accommodated over 5,000 soldiers from the Roman army’s 6th Ironclad Legion at Tel Megiddos foothills in northern Israel.

In the Book of Revelation, Tel Megiddo is where the kings of the world are brought together by demons to do battle, before God unleashes his terrible wrath.

The Roman military base once housed more than 5,000 soldiers.

AN ancient "Armageddon" army camp earmarked by the Bible for mankind’s apocalyptic final battle has been unearthed.The 1,800-year-old Roman camp hou

The Roman base served 5,000 soldiers for 180 years.

The VIth Legion Roman legionary base is the only Roman military base of these dimensions that has been located and exposed in Israel.

The base was home to "Sixth Ironclad Legion" of the Imperial Roman Army, which was sent to garrison the province of Judaea.