Talk:Megiddo, Israel
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[edit]If Megiddo is in "the occupied Palestinian territories", then it should be listed as Megiddo, Palestine instead of Megiddo, Israel, right? -- Zoe
I found 2 references in other on-line encyclopedae. One lists as "Israel", other as "Northern Israel". So I changed the occupied... part back to Israel. I left the "military prison" part because it seems more NPOV than the "convicted of terrorism" line. If anyone knows more and can maintain NPOV, go to it. -- Marknau
- Megiddo is well inside the Green Line, although many Palestinians think it should be theirs together with the rest of Israel (an early version of the Acre article classified the city "occupied Palestinian land"). --Uri
What does Megiddo have to do with Eshqelon, which is "Majid" in Arabic? How are we sure that this is the "Plane of Meggido" that the Bible talks about?
Um, I think someone blew this one. The description matches my former residence, Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, near the historic/archaelogical site/battle site Megiddo. I'm pretty sure there is no kibbutz by the name "Megiddo". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:3024:182F:D100:CDD5:7742:E768:92E (talk) 00:15, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- You can click on the "coordinates" and see Kibbutz Megiddo on a map. It is right beside Tel Megiddo, whereas Ramot Menashe is about 11km away. Zerotalk 03:26, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
Six-chambered gate & four-chambered gate need article
[edit]... as much as, say, four-room house, casemate wall, or the also missing collared-rim jar (collared-rim pithos), occurring a zillion times in discussions about the Israelites and all their neighbours.
See for 6-chambered gate (it IS mentioned there, unless noted otherwise):
- Archaeology of Israel
- Ashdod (ancient city) (Philistine)
- Gezer
- Khirbet Mudayna (Wadi ath-Thamad)
- Tel Hazor
- Tel Ira
- Tel Megiddo
- Lachish (not yet mentioned!)
See for 4-chambered gate (it is NOT YET mentioned there:
- Bethsaida#et-Tell
- Dor (Tel Dor)
- Ein Hazeva (Ein Hatzeva; see Ein Hazeva archaeological site)
- Jerusalem Ophel
- Khirbet es-Suwweida (see Talk:Manasseh Hills#Missing: Iron Age fort of es-Suwweida)
- Khirbet Qeiyafa (2 such gates)
- Mudaybi', Jordan, Karak Plateau (see here)
- Tel Megiddo
- Tell el-Kheleifeh (twin of En Hazeva)
There were also two-chambered gates - has neither article nor its own section.
Helpful and very concise overview of Iron Age 2-, 4-, and 6-chambered gates in their context here. Arminden (talk) 09:17, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
- I think a general article about Fortifications in the ancient Levant is better. There's the MB ramparts, casemate walls, many topics worth discussing. Two-chambered, four-chambered, four-chambered will all be subsections there, regarding types of gates. Bolter21 (talk to me) 18:24, 11 July 2026 (UTC)