European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ike last Battle be at Megiddo Savins by Wesley Pippert United press International from the windswept Mound of looking out across the peaceful Green Valley of the visitor can almost hear the ancient cries of the dead and it is from the Dawn of that the armies of the world have and it is some that the Battle of armageddon will be the Mound of looming nearly 200 feet above surrounding overlooks the Broad Valley of Jezreel that stretches Between Haifa and the Jordan its place in the history books is marked by countless Battles Over thousands of More it is a Scenic wonder for israels tourist attracting thou Sands of visitors per Tel Megiddo is a strategically placed Mound that Over looks the Valley a Fertile Region where Cotton and vegetables grow in it is just such a Region that John describes in the bibles Book of saying that the Kings of the whole world will War at armageddon on the great Day of god the some Bible scholars maintain armageddon refers to which is a hebrew biblical proper a place name with no known Megiddo guards the narrow opening of the Eron pass through the mount Carmel Range to the it is the historic main route Between Egypt and me Sopota now Twenty times in the past Megiddo has been overrun and the egyptian pharaoh thutmose Iii daringly went through the Eron pass to conquer Megiddo in 1468 a Short time Joshua took Megiddo during the Isra elite Conquest of the promised spread Over 15 reached its greatest glory during the reign of King Solomon and the evil Ahab As one of israels main administrative twice the size of but the Mound was abandoned by its residents in the fifth Century and has been uninhabited the site played a part both in the English push against the turks in world War i and in the israeli War of Independence in in the 20th Megiddo has been excavated Sev eral most recently by the Yigael Ladin in tourists can see the Wall that surrounded Meg Iddo and the Stone remains of stables for up to 450 horses dating from the time of Solomon and the immense shaped water which provided the Model for James Michener Book the al Lowed residents to go deep into the vertical Shaft and then along the horizontal Section to a hidden Spring out Side the City Safe from enemy but the main draw of the site May Stem from the biblical tale of Many conservative christians believe the Battle of armageddon will be an apocalyptic event in after the second Jesus Christ will defeat the forces of evil and usher in a Mille Niue of my Mother used to say the blood will flow ankle deep during the one visitor at some christians see a conflagration Between the soviet Union the Antichrist and the United states occurring at since the two superpowers Are patrons of the hostile Middle Eastern states of Israel and it does not seem impossible the Kings of the whole world could be drawn into the the excavations at Megiddo Peel away the layers of history and despite the peace of the Fertile Valley one can almost hear the Advance of be it Joshua or the War of said Thena Ayres of Van British one of thousands of tourists who visit each what stays with me Are the questions will there really be a last Battle will it be Here barbed wire protects stonehenge from file photo the ruins of Megiddo is this the site of armageddon Page 14 the stars and stripes stonehenge has survived on its own for but England now is struggling to ensure its future preservation under an onslaught of this is the richest prehistoric landscape in and it is being said John Cropwell of the National which owns the land surrounding Stone henge near the present tourist facilities Are like something from a concentration its a dreadful presentation of the most remarkable and sophisticated Monument in Western Cropwell was among officials who assembled recently to announce two drastic initial moves to save stonehenge Banning a summer pop festival and barring the ancient order of druids from using the famous Stone Circle this beyond those immediate restrictions Are other Steps that will transform an attraction for hundreds of thousands of visitors each in a permanent in its present stonehenge is an appalling blot on the archaeological says Kenneth custodian of the devises museum where Many Stone henge finds Are the question is not whether to change stonehenge but the site must be yet it must also be accessible to Ordinary one requirement contradicts the stonehenge was ancient when Egypt were archaeologist Chris Young said experts now believe its building began about 3100 and its in credible Antiquity is part of its matchless but it is surprisingly Young the whole area is one of the most sensitive in the and damage to it is some archaeologists think the Only Way to preserve stonehenge is to keep people one proposed a limit of six visitors per English the new sem government Organiza Tion that owns the Monument seriously considered building a plastic replica instantly dubbed foam by Gregory Jensen United press International remains that stonehenge is famous and relentlessly As one authority it is one of Britain 10 most popular tourist there Are now some the National the heritage preserving Charity that owns acres adjoining banned the unauthorized and unorganized pop a massive hang Over from the hippie because the damage its campers did last year is simply Cropwell last Rock fans clashed with police after a Barri Cade was set up to prevent the at the same time the festival was English heritage banned from the Monument itself the druids summer solstice a dubious tradition held intermittently Only since but new plans still anticipate 1 million visitors a somehow these visitors must be kept from further damaging stonehenge and the hundreds of burial Mounds and other antiquities clustered thickly around the famed Stone and visitors should be Given More than a  As building design Magazine Calls since the Monument has been roped off to visitors in a feeble attempt at a Roundt Hemlock guard keeps people at a distance from the upright after seven years of controversy a Long term solution awaits Only its final Legal it will close the main Highway that zips heavy traffic within feet of stonehenge Heel wipe out the parking lot and reception area and build a new one More than half a mile overlooking the Monument on the Plain a new information Center will Tell visitors much More about stonehenge than its current sketchy signboards then  have a 20minute partly along a processional Way As old As stonehenge to the actual Stone Circle which will remain roped English heritage estimates the million project will take three years to it cannot come too to continue to allow this marvelous relic of prehistoric Ages to be ruthlessly disfigured and perish Inch by said an editorial in the times of would be an henge for tourists to both of these answers to the most intractable eternal disgrace to this Lem of British tourism have been ruled but the fact that editorial appeared in june from Tor lists file photo the standing stones were ancient when Egypt pyramids were the stars and stripes Page 15