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What the layer of ash found at the archeological site of Megiddo reveal about its collapse is that it probably collapsed due to a catastrophic battle in Biblical times, when the sacred scriptures refer to a grand battle that could be related to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Meggido, in the Israeli territory, is an archeological site also known as the Solomonic Chariot City, that is dated to the Biblical times of the Old Testament. Archeologists consider that the place was first settled in 6 BCE.
