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A young boy wades through Hezekiah’s Tunnel. Photo: Hershel Shanks

Aug 16 Blog

Hezekiah’s Tunnel Reexamined

For more than a hundred years, an extraordinary water tunnel in Jerusalem has been attributed to King Hezekiah, who dug it to protect the city’s water supply during the Assyrian siege of 701 B.C.E. Hence its name, Hezekiah’s Tunnel. However, recent scholarly publications now argue that the tunnel was not built by Hezekiah but by his predecessor or his successors.

Dec 12 Blog

Again the Siloam Tunnel

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In the September/October 2013 issue of BAR, Hershel Shanks reviewed the evidence for the dating of the Jerusalem tunnels, citing recent analysis by Aren Maeir and Jeffrey Chadwick. Maeir and Chadwick rejected a chronology proposed in BASOR by Geological Survey of Israel scholars Amihai Sneh, Eyal Shalev and Ram Weinberger. Read a response by Sneh, Shalev and Weinberger.

Aug 11 Blog

Jerusalem Tunnel Provides Glimpse of Jewish Revolt

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

The excavation of a 2,000-year-old drainage channel running beneath Jerusalem’s City of David is providing a startling glimpse into the realities of the First Jewish […]

Aug 8 Blog

Jerusalem Tunnel Reveals Remarkable Artifacts

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Archaeologists working to clear a 2,000-year-old drainage tunnel running beneath the Old City of Jerusalem have discovered two exceedingly rare objects: a Roman sword with […]

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