Over a century of excavations at Tel Megiddo have finally unearthed a construction layer from the late seventh century b.c.e. and with it the largest assemblage of Egyptian pottery ever discovered in the southern Levant. Archaeologists now believe it could be evidence of an Egyptian military outpost at the city. This is at the precise time the Bible says King Josiah traveled to Megiddo to war against Egypt. Results and conclusions of the new discovery were recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament in an article titled “Josiah at Megiddo: New Evidence From the Field.”
On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal talks about the new discovery as well as the broader biblical context for King Josiah’s last stand at Megiddo.
Show Notes
“Josiah at Megiddo: New Evidence from the Field,” by Israel Finkelstein, Matthew J. Adams, Alexander Fantalkin and Assaf Kleiman
“Archaeologists Find First Evidence of Epic Biblical Battle at ‘Armageddon’”
“Archaeologists Find Evidence of Egyptian Army That Felled Biblical King at Megiddo”
