[neveh-tech] SCIENCE AND BIBLE MEET
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- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:06:46 +0300
4. SCIENCE AND BIBLE MEET
Jerusalem's Shiloah Spring Tunnel, or Siloam Tunnel, has been radiocarbon-dated
to around 700 BC - in confirmation of the Biblical account. The London-based
Nature journal reported the finding on Sept. 11, noting that the half-kilometer
tunnel, which today carries the name of its builder, King Hezekiah of Judea,
still carries water from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem's ancient City of
David. Hebrew University geologist Amos Frumkin and colleagues looked at the
decay of radioactive elements in plants and stalactites in tunnel samples, and
came up with a study that archaeologist Henrik Bruins of Ben-Gurion University
says "makes the tunnel's age certain."
According to Kings II 20 and Chronicles II 32, the tunnel was built to protect
the city's water supply against an imminent Assyrian siege. "The tunnel was a
major technological achievement," said Frumkin. "It's one of the most ancient
structures that's still in use." It is also one of the longest ancient water
tunnels without intermediate shafts.
Reuven Werber
Ed Tech Coordinator
Neveh Channah HS - Gush Etzion, Israel
www.nevnet.etzion.k12.il
Virtual Reference Desk Information Specialist
Instructor - Herzog Teacher's College - Yeshivat Har Etzion
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