Sunday, May 24, 2015

2,000-year-old aqueduct unearthed in Jerusalem - Yori Yalon



by Yori Yalon

Infrastructure work in the capital's Umm Tuba neighborhood turns up section of 13-mile subterranean conduit built by Hasmonean kings to bring water to Jerusalem • Aqueduct was used off and on for two millennia, replaced by modern system 100 years ago.



The section of the ancient conduit, which was the city's main source of water for two millennia
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Photo credit: Israel Antiquities Authority / Assaf Peretz


Yori Yalon

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=25667

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