While walking up the tel (mound) that leads to the top of the excavation a storm blew up and pelted our group with rain. Just as we reached the top, the rain stopped, the sun, came out, and a huge rainbow popped out stretching from one end of the Valley of Meggido. I think all that stuff about the end of the world is metaphorical, but I still smiled and thought of the myth of Noah and the rainbow representing God’s promise not to destroy the earth. Nice juxtaposition.