US EditionBiblical kings in Jerusalem built monumental dam, maybe to deal with climate change
The dam, built to manage water during climate challenges, measures up to 12 meters high and 21 meters long, marking Jerusalem's earliest and largest ancient water engineering feat.
- Archaeologists fully excavated a monumental dam at the Siloam Pool in East Jerusalem's City of David between 2023 and 2024.
- Archaeological research indicates that a large dam in Jerusalem was constructed around 800 BCE during the rule of either King Joash or his successor Amaziah, likely as a strategic response to severe environmental challenges such as drought and flooding.
- This enormous dam, stretching roughly 21 meters in length and measuring more than 8 meters across and about 12 meters in height, was constructed to channel water from the Gihon Spring along with floodwaters from the ancient Tyropoeon Valley into the Kidron Stream.
- The excavation leaders emphasized the dam's impressive size, noting it stands approximately 12 meters tall, spans more than 8 meters in width, and extends at least 21 meters in uncovered length.
- The discovery offers new insights into Jerusalem’s early urban planning and the ingenuity of Judah's kings to manage water amid climatic challenges about 2,800 years ago.
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Oldest dam uncovered in Jerusalem dated to biblical kings
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2,800-year-old mega-dam unearthed in Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered Israel’s largest and earliest-known dam—built under Kings Joash or Amaziah around 805–795 BCE—to tackle drought and flash floods, revealing Jerusalem’s stunningly sophisticated water management nearly 3,000 years ago. The post WATCH: 2,800-year-old mega-dam unearthed in Jerusalem appeared first on World Israel News.
Largest dam in Israel's history revealed in Jerusalem
Breakthrough research conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the prestigious journal PNAS, establishes through comprehensive archaeological analysis that a climate catastrophe prompted Judah's monarchs to engineer a monumental dam in Jerusalem approximately 2,800 years ago, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The colossal barrier, discovered during Pool of Siloam excavations …
Largest dam in ancient Israel was uncovered in City of David
Ancient dam in the Siloam Pool may have been a creative solution to climate crisis , dated to the reign of the kings of Judah, Joash or Amaziah, about 2,800 years ago; Its dimensions are about 12 meters high, over 8 meters wide, and the uncovered length reaches 21 meters
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