[RegulatorCountry]

You’ve gotten only tangential or even mocking responses thus far.

I suppose the word Armageddon has entered the vernacular and been abused for so long that this was inevitable. It’s been quite the site for destruction in the past, and will be again in the future.

To the specifics of the article, perfectly circular, low black stone altars are interesting. So stark. Any plausible speculation as to their purpose? Sacrificial, maybe?

[Cronos]

1. The altars must have been for sacrifice -- what other reason would the ancients have for altars? In Aryan religions there is no altar, but the place is taken by the central idol or idols (in the case of modern, Brahminical Hinduism) and by the sacred fire (Zoroastrianism and Vedic Hinduism) and this was probably the same for the egyptians where the sacrifices to the gods would go into the sacred fire, but in Semitic religions the sacrifice was in the open on a stone (see pagan Arabian religions)

2. The majority of Americans when they heard "Armageddon" will think of the Bruce Willis movie first, what is sad is that many will ONLY think of this. Just as most people when they hear the ride of the Valkyries will ONLY know of it as "kill the wabbit" :-P