In Jerusalem, found water supply 2000-year-old
A section of an underground aqueduct that distributed water throughout the city more than 2000 years ago was discovered in East Jerusalem.
According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, the discovery was made in the Umm Tuba quarter near the Har Homa district during the construction of a modern sewage line.
According to the head of the excavation, Yaakov Bilig, the underground aqueduct was built by the Hasmonean kings to supply the city with water and acted intermittently about a hundred years ago.
“The aqueduct starts from the Ein Eitam spring, near the Solomon reservoirs (Brechot Shlomo), south of Beit Lehem, and stretches approximately 21 kilometers. Despite its length, the water flows at a very slight slope, resulting in a drop of only a meter for every kilometer of its length,” Bilig said.
“At first, water was supplied through an open canal, and about 500 years ago during the Ottoman Empire, terracotta pipes were installed inside the canal to better protect the water,” he added.
Bilig explained that at first the aqueduct passed through an open area, but with the expansion of Jerusalem in the modern era it was built up with several areas, such as Umm Tuba, Tzur-Baher, East Talpiot and Abu Tor.
“Because it was one of the main sources of water for Jerusalem, the city’s rulers took care of its preservation for 2000 years until about a century ago when it was replaced by a modern water supply system with an electric pump system,” Bilig said.
“Because of its historical and archaeological significance, the Antiquities Authority is taking steps to prevent damage to the water supply and is working to keep some of the remaining sites open, study them and make them accessible to the general public,” he said.
The section of the aqueduct discovered at Umm Tuba was studied, documented and closed again “for future generations,” he said.
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