Tel Megiddo, Armageddon, Water System, in front, steps to an entrance to 36 meter deep shaft going down to an underground tunnel dug by the Israelites


The water System built by the Israelites 10th - 8th centuries BC. In front is a staircase going down to the 36 meters deep shaft going down to the 70 meters long tunnel that led the water from the spring at the foot of the hill, the spring was blocked from the outside. People dropped empty buckets to the water at the bottom of the shaft and pulled the full buckets back up. Tel Megiddo or Armageddon, Israel. May 25, 2021


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Location: Tel Megiddo, Israel
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