, Tiglath Pileser III, King of Assyria, captured Megiddo. In Megiddo, Josiah of Judah led his troops to war against Pharaoh Necoh, and himself fell in this battle. This was the beginning of the end for Megiddo, which was abandoned after the Persian period. Megiddo is identified with Armageddon, mentioned in the New Testament as the battleground of the end of days (Revelation 16:14-21). The Tel Megiddo National Park offers a great deal to the visitor. A model of the complex archeological structure of the tell (mound composed of the remains of successive settlements) is on display at the museum. A film about Tel Megiddo is also screened at the museum. Visitors will want to admire the Canaanite gate from the late Bronze age (1550-1200 B.C.E.), the remains of the castle, and the Bronze-age Solomonic gate. The northern observation point has a majestic view of the Jezre'el Valley, the Nazareth mountains, and Mount Gilboa; the southern observation point looks out on the pilgrim prayer booth, the stable complex, and the remarkable waterworks. At Megiddo something went awry. If God was just, it must be set right. That is, God would intervene and set it right, just as, long ago, He had intervened at the Reed Sea (the paradigmatic saving event). It makes sense, therefore, that the battle that would set things right, the battle of the Great Day of God Almighty, would occur precisely at the place where things had gone wrong: Megiddo. Historians believe that the waterworks were begun during King Solomon's time. Initially a troth between two parallel walls led to the spring which flowed under the wall in the western part of the tell. Later-apparently during King Ahab's reign-a far more complex water system was created, designed to disguise the spring and to enable the residents to draw water without their having to exit the city walls. The waterworks include a 25-meter-deep shaft, which reached bedrock. A 70-meter long, three-meter-high tunnel was excavated at the bottom of the shaft, and the inhabitants of Tel Megiddo could draw water using a ropes and buckets without actually entering the tunnel. A wall built near the spring kept it from view. The Megiddo waterworks are evidence of impressive engineering skill and equally creditable industriousness. Nazareth "Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and. shall call his name Jesus." Luke 1:30-31 It was in Nazareth that the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce the future birth of Jesus, and in this tiny village Jesus lived most of his life. Present-day Nazareth is a bustling city, much different from those days. A great basilica stands over the sacred grotto of the Annunciation, atop ancient churches and remains of early Nazareth. The adjacent Church of St. Joseph marks the site of Joseph's workshop. Greek-Orthodox Christians built their church above the spring of Nazareth, whose waters flow underground towards the landmark Mary's Well.