The Water System of Ancient Jerusalem
1. The Gihon: main supply of fresh water of the ancient city
(From "Holyland Photos")http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jfj4/gihon.html
2. The recently discovered Middle Bronze Age Channel
A waterway from c. 1800 BCE predating Hezekiah's tunnel by roughly a millenium! (From: "Holy Land Photos")
3. Hezekiah's Tunnel
A set of images and explanations (from: Holy Land Photos).
The Siloah Inscription of the workmen digging the tunnel.
4. The Pool of Siloam
Thumbnails and links to larger images of the excavations around the pool of Siloam (since 8th century BCE). (From "Holyland Photos")
5. On the continued importance of cisterns
The geographer al-Muqadasi (985 CE)
"The Family Cistern: 3,000 Years of Household Water Collection in Jordan"
Preliminary version of an article by Lars Wåhlin (Stockholm University). Printed version appeared in Ethnic encounter and culture change. Papers from the Third Nordic Conference on Middle East Studies, Joensuu June 1995, edited by M'hammed Sabour and Knut S. Vikør (1997).
6. Further links to water system related pages
Recent discoveries in and around Jerusalem (from Israel Archeological Society).
Jerusalem and the History of Plumbing.