Megiddo
Tel Megiddo, Arabic: Tell el-Muteselim, is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley about 30 kilometres southeast of Haifa near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently Kibbutz Megiddo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of an ancient city in northern Israel’s Jezreel valley
- Also known as: “Megiddō”, “Tall al Mutasallim”, “Tel Megiddo”, and “Tell el Mutasallim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Megiddo Prison.
Megiddo Prison
Prison
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Megiddo Prison, is an Israeli prison facility located near the Megiddo Junction. It has gained notoriety for reports of abuse and torture against Palestinian prisoners. Megiddo Prison is situated 1½ km south of Megiddo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megiddo and Midrakh Oz.
Megiddo
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Megiddo is a kibbutz in northern Israel, built in 1949. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 944.
Midrakh Oz
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Midrakh Oz is an agricultural moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 851, both religious and secular Jews. Midrakh Oz is situated 2½ km northwest of Megiddo.
HaYogev
Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HaYogev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around seven kilometres west of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,036. HaYogev is situated 3½ km northeast of Megiddo.
Megiddo
- Categories: tell, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Waray—“Megiddo” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαγεδδώ”
- Arabic: “مجدو”
- Arabic: “مجيدو”
- Armenian: “Մեգիդո”
- Basque: “Megiddo”
- Basque: “Megido”
- Belarusian: “Мегіда”
- Bosnian: “Megido”
- Bulgarian: “Мегидо”
- Bulgarian: “Тел Мегидо”
- Catalan: “Meggido”
- Catalan: “Megiddo”
- Catalan: “Megido”
- Catalan: “Meguidó”
- Cebuano: “Tel Megiddo”
- Chinese: “米吉多”
- Chinese: “美吉多”
- Croatian: “Megiddo”
- Croatian: “Megido”
- Czech: “Armagedon”
- Czech: “Megiddo”
- Czech: “Megido”
- Czech: “Tel el-Mutesillim”
- Czech: “Tel Megiddo”
- Czech: “Tel Megido”
- Dutch: “Megiddo (stad)”
- Dutch: “Megiddo”
- Dutch: “Tel Megiddo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مجيدو”
- Esperanto: “Megiddo”
- Esperanto: “Megido”
- Finnish: “Megiddo”
- Finnish: “Tel Megiddo”
- French: “Megiddo”
- French: “Meguiddo”
- Georgian: “მეგიდო”
- German: “Megiddo”
- German: “Megido”
- German: “Tell el-Mutesellim”
- Greek: “Μεγιδδώ”
- Hebrew: “הר מגידו”
- Hebrew: “מגידו”
- Hebrew: “תל מגדו”
- Hebrew: “תל מגידו”
- Hungarian: “Megiddó”
- Ido: “Megiddo”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Tel Megiddo”
- Indonesian: “Tel Megiddo”
- Italian: “Armageddon”
- Italian: “Meghiddo”
- Italian: “Megiddo”
- Italian: “Monte di Meghiddo”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale di Tel Megiddo”
- Japanese: “メギッド”
- Japanese: “メギッドー”
- Japanese: “メギド”
- Kirghiz: “Мегиддо”
- Korean: “메기도”
- Korean: “무깃도”
- Lithuanian: “Megidas”
- Macedonian: “Мегидо”
- Malagasy: “Megido”
- Malagasy: “Megidô”
- Mingrelian: “მეგიდო”
- Mongolian: “Мегиддо”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Megiddo”
- Norwegian: “Megiddo”
- Panjabi: “ਟੇਲ ਮੇਗੀਡੋ”
- Persian: “تل مگیدو”
- Polish: “Megiddo”
- Portuguese: “Magedo”
- Portuguese: “Megiddo”
- Portuguese: “Megido”
- Portuguese: “Monte de Megiddo”
- Portuguese: “Vale do Megido”
- Romanian: “Meghido”
- Romanian: “Megiddo”
- Romanian: “Muntele Meghido”
- Romanian: “Tel Megiddo”
- Russian: “Мегиддо”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Тель Мегиддо”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Тель Мегидо”
- Sardinian: “Meghiddo”
- Serbian: “Megido”
- Serbian: “Мегидо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megido”
- Slovak: “Megiddo”
- Slovak: “Megido”
- Slovenian: “Megido”
- Spanish: “Mageddo”
- Spanish: “Meggido”
- Spanish: “Megiddo”
- Spanish: “Megido”
- Spanish: “Megidó”
- Spanish: “Meguiddo”
- Spanish: “Meguiddó”
- Spanish: “Meguido”
- Spanish: “Meguidó”
- Swedish: “Meggido”
- Swedish: “Megiddo”
- Swedish: “Tell el-Mutesellim”
- Tagalog: “Tel Megiddo”
- Turkish: “Megido Dağı”
- Turkish: “Megido Höyük”
- Turkish: “Megido Tepesi”
- Turkish: “Megido”
- Ukrainian: “Мегіддо”
- Ukrainian: “Меґіддо”
- Ukrainian: “Тель-Мегіддо”
- Vietnamese: “Tel Megiddo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tel Megiddo”
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