Jerusalem’s Biblical Pool of Siloam to be Excavated, Opened to Public

Source: CBN News

January 3, 2023

    

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) has announced that one of Jerusalem's most famous archaeological sites, the biblical Pool of Siloam, will undergo a full excavation and be opened for the public to see.

The pool, built in the time of King Hezekiah about 2,700 years ago, and described in the Gospel of John as a place where Jesus healed the sick, has been a point of keen interest to historians and archaeologists for more than 150 years.

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