In the Book of Judges, the great oak tree in Zaanaim is stated to be near Kedesh, though this verse could be a reference to a second Tel Kedesh, located 3 km to the south of Megiddo, within the territory of the Israelite tribe of Issachar.
Nearby are the sites of some ancient battles of Megiddo and the ruins of Megiddo (Armageddon).
Megiddo | Tel Megiddo | Battle of Megiddo (1918) | Battle of Megiddo (disambiguation) | Battle of Megiddo |
World War I: La Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Loos, France and Flanders 1914–15, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918, Aden, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Khan Baghdadi, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915–18, Persia 1918, North West Frontier India 1915 '16–17, Baluchistan 1918;
Cline is an active field archaeologist with 29 seasons of excavation and survey experience in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Crete, and the United States, including nine seasons at the site of Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) in Israel, where he is Co-Director with Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University.
He is patron of the British-Israel-World Federation, and he has been aiding and consulting current excavations at Megiddo.