Ancient rainwater tunnel found in Jerusalem

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Ancient rainwater tunnel found in Jerusalem

2 Comments 01 February 2011

A 2,000 year-old tunnel was discovered by archaeologists under the walls of the city of Jerusalem last week. The discovery is particularly interesting to the study of water infrastructure in the ancient world. Archaeologists speculate that the tunnel was used to drain rainwater around the Second Temple in the Old City before it was destroyed in [...]

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