Pool of Siloam (Jerusalem)

Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem

archaeological site, historic landmark

Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: Breikhat Hashiloah‎) is a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of the City of David (believed to be the original site of Jerusalem) now outside the walls of the Old City to the southeast. The pool was fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, which were carried there by two aquaducts - the Middle Bronze Age Channel (a 20ft deep direct cutting that was covered with rock slabs, and dates from the Middle Bronze Age ~1800BC), and Hezekiah's Tunnel (a curving tunnel within the bedrock, dating from the reign of King Hezekiah ~700BC)

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam

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Coordinates: 31°46'13"N 35°14'6"E

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