Ever since the world has existed, there have been prophecies about its end. However, one of them has excited the minds of mankind for more than 2,000 years. And it is about the final battle in a place called Armageddon. Where is it? And why does John the Theologian in his revelations define exactly him for the epic clash between good and evil?
Hundreds of researchers have puzzled over the mystery of the final battle, after which humanity will not be the same. Moreover, the last battle is mentioned in dozens of ancient texts of different cultures.
Most Bible scholars believe that Armageddon is in the Magedon Plain of present-day Israel. Apocryphal texts, connecting the visions of John with the known biblical text, speak of this.
This valley separates the mountains of Galilee from the hills of Samaria. This is the territory where the most famous battles of antiquity were fought.
But what is this place? A portal between the worlds or just a cursed piece of land where sacrifices have been made since time immemorial? Both hypotheses have supporters.
Some of the most incredible artifacts and constructions have been spotted in these places. Just the mention of Baalbek is enough to get an idea of what it is about.
Bloody wars were fought in the cursed land. In it, Thutmose III planned the conquest of Palestine (1457 BC) – one of the most terrible events in antiquity.
In 1004 BC, when the Israelites were at war with the Philistines, the most gruesome battle took place here. After her, the whole ground was covered with corpses.
The conquest of Galilee by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (732 BC) took place on the territory of exactly the same valley. The sources that have reached us testify that the blood flowed like a river.
In the same place, Napoleon Bonaparte and the Ottoman Empire fought fierce battles in 1799, and Turks and English killed each other in 1918.
John the Theologian lived for a long time in the lands of Israel, he knew the area well, and he was hardly mistaken in naming the place as the valley of death, say researchers of the prophet. They recall that it was these lands that were described in the oldest texts known to science as the cradle of civilization after the flood. It is no coincidence that the Hebrew proverb says: “Where it began, there it will end.”
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