Roman Legion Camp Unearthed in Megiddo, 'Site of Final War'

Discoveries revealed in camp excavation of legion that destroyed ancient Israel, at site where war for final redemption believed to begin.

Remarkable new discoveries have been unearthed from an excavation of a Roman legion camp in Tel Megiddo, located in northern Israel and hailing from the days of Roman occupation of the "province of Judea" nearly 2,000 years ago.

The excavation began in 2013, and saw the Jezreel Valley Regional Project join forces with archaeologist Yotam Tepper to dig just south of Tel Megiddo, where they discovered the camp.

Far before the Romans occupied parts of Israel and eventually expelled much of its indigenous Jewish population, Tel Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state up until the early 10th century BCE. It was later a pivotal center of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE.

According to certain interpretations of Jewish tradition, Megiddo is also the site where the war of "Gog and Magog" will begin, in which Israel will defeat the descendant of Edom - identified with Rome - ushering in the final redemption. Read More