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(JNS) — Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 300-meter (985-foot) portion of a Second Temple-era aqueduct, the longest such continuous stretch ever found in Israel’s capital, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The ancient waterway was discovered at a building site in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat HaMatos. “The aqueducts of Jerusalem […]
What Israeli archeologists describe as the longest section of the upper aqueduct to Jerusalem was revealed in archaeological excavations at Givat HaMatos in the city. The length of the aqueduct’s upper section is about 300 meters and it was uncovered in excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority before work commenced to expand the […]
The 300-meter portion of a Second Temple period aqueduct in Jerusalem is the longest such continuous stretch ever found in the city.