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Posted on 04/29/2025 10:47:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeological excavations at the ancient site of Megiddo in northern Israel, also known as "Armageddon," have unearthed a significant amount of 7th-century BCE Egyptian pottery, potentially providing the first physical evidence of the battle between King Josiah of Judah and Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, as documented in the biblical books of Kings II and Chronicles.
A team of Israeli archaeologists, led by Prof. Israel Finkelstein of the University of Haifa and Dr. Assaf Kleiman of Ben Gurion University, detailed their findings in two academic papers published earlier this year. The unprecedented quantity of Egyptian ceramic vessels discovered at Megiddo suggests a substantial Egyptian military presence at the site during the period when the biblical battle is said to have occurred...
The biblical narrative in 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings describes how King Josiah, a ruler who sought to restore righteous practices in Judah, confronted Pharaoh Necho as the Egyptian king marched against the Assyrians. The ensuing battle at Megiddo resulted in Josiah's death (2 Chronicles 35:20-22; 2 Kings 23:29)...
Adding another layer of intrigue, the excavations also revealed a notable amount of pottery from eastern Greece, dated to between 630 and 610 BCE. This timeframe aligns with the estimated date of the Josiah-Necho battle (609 BCE). Finkelstein and Kleiman propose that these Greek ceramics might indicate the presence of Greek mercenaries who fought alongside the Egyptians...
Intriguingly, these Greek mercenaries could also connect to the biblical narrative of Gog. Finkelstein suggested that some scholars believe "Gog" in the Bible might refer to Gyges, the king of Lydia in western Anatolia, who, according to Assyrian records, sent mercenaries to serve in the Egyptian army during the 7th century...
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Greek pottery at the site may be proof of mercenaries in the Egyptian army.Credit: Megiddo Expedition, Sasha Flit
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And maybe something about The Battle of Cynoscephalae.
Josiah was a ‘good’ king, but he refused to let Pharaoh pass thru.
Even when Pharaoh told Josiah that Josiah’s own God had told him to go and smite the Assyrians, Josiah said no.
Josiah’s 4th eldest son who became king was deposed and taken back to Egypt and essentially disappeared from history..........
Interesting 🤔
Joe Biden fought in that battle and impressed everyone so much, they made him king when Josiah got schwacked.
29: In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Joe Biden the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
No lie Jack.
(Joe Biden fought in that battle and impressed everyone so much)
Just like Brian Williams reporting on
The Exodus across the Red Sea!
Joe Biden is an amazing guy!!
Fascinating stuff, Civ!
Pharaoh Necho of Egypt,
I’ll be convinced if they find some wafers...
Are they suggesting that the Battle of Armageddon already happened thousands of years ago?
Hold muh Gog and watch this!
I have actually visited this town which is roped off everywhere and just a historic park of sorts. There is a trail going around the area.
I do remember a plaque sign that stated one place was a building for holding the 50 Calvary horses in King Soloman’s time.
My son and I were the only people there. We spent several hours.
At the opening or front of the town, overlooking the plains, there was a round circle where the synagogue was located - literally a pass thru into the town. I went down to the cicrcle hill and said a prayer for the United States and for Israel.
We took some pictures but they are lost now. I remember the map of the town and all the building locations identified.
There was lots of inch square mosaic stone inlays lying around the place and pottery. It is the same at all the old abandoned town sites in Israel.
The Boy Scout Troop leader was assigned to the Defense Attache’ and he got clearance to take the scout troop thru a mine field, literally on a three foot path, and we went into a place across the pond from Galilea. It was a cool place. It had trenches and that was used from 47-67 as Israel’s forward defensive position from the Syrians. They shelled it everyday for 20 years until Israel won the 67 war. They build a barracks and some other buildings no longer in use after 67. The main point of the town for me was the water cistern was a huge walk down into structure adjacent to the Sea of G. Also, there were 7 columns, four were from Egypt and 3 were from Greece. Some were white, grey and the red ones seemed so out of place. Also, in this particular town there was a 3x4 foot tablet where a church had once been located and it was covered in burlap. We peeked inside it and took pictures of the two crosses, one on each side, each for a different period of Christanity. I believe that the towns were abadoned in 237 AD or something like because of an earthquake in the area. I still remember that with an entire Boy Scout troop zig zaging an actual mine field, we no incidents with the boys, and it was not stressful. We even saw mines that were identifed and disarmed within arms reach... Israel doesn’t actually want people to wreck the dig sites because it is a source of revenue and income from colleges who come for two weeks a year. The reason it is two weeks a year is so that it will take forever to complete the excavations;)
I saw what you did there.
Just finished reading 1 and 2 Kings - Josiah surely did what was right in the eyes of God and led his nation in repentance and to turn back to serving God.
BUT, verse 23:26 says, "Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him." [Including massive child sacrifice].
Food for thought - even though America is surely trying to pull away from pagan worship under Trump, at some point God's wrath will not be turned and we too will be judged.
"Adding another layer of intrigue...dated to between 630 and 610 BCE BC."
FIFY
I’ll be convinced if they find some wafers...
I'll be even more impressed if they are the chocolate ones. Proof of pre-Columbian trade with the Americas!
Thanks, great story!
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