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Archaeologists have unearthed a 300-metre-long section of an ancient aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
Jerusalem’s Lower Aqueduct – characterised as an “engineering marvel” – was likely constructed during the Hasmonean period, more than 2,000 years ago, to transport water from Solomon’s Pools, south of Bethlehem, to Jerusalem.
The system is believed to have stretched about 13 miles and relied entirely on gravity.
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