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The Euphrates fortress where Nebuchadnezzar broke Egypt and sealed Judah's exile
Upper MesopotamiaHistorically Verified
The site has been excavated since 1878 by the British Museum and later by Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence. Massive Hittite-era walls, gates, and royal sculptures have been uncovered.
A major Hittite-era fortress city on the upper Euphrates that controlled the river crossings between Anatolia and Syria. The Egyptian pharaoh Necho marched here in 609 BCE, killing King Josiah of Judah en route (2 Chronicles 35:20-24). Four years later, Nebuchadnezzar crushed the Egyptian-Assyrian alliance at the Battle of Carchemish (605 BCE), establishing Babylon as the dominant Near Eastern power and effectively sealing Judah's fate (Jeremiah 46:2). Carchemish is also mentioned in Isaiah's taunt of Assyrian conquests (Isaiah 10:9).
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