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King Solomon’s lost city will remain lost forever

In the layers of 20 other ancient cities that comprise Har Megiddo — or Armageddon — Solomon’s has proved impossible to identify

Date palms in the ruins of Megiddo 
issue 28 March 2020
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  • Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

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    Princeton University Press, pp. 398, £30

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