Biblical Pool of Siloam uncovered in Jerusalem

Los Angeles Times ^ | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 | By Thomas H. Maugh II

[Invincibly Ignorant]

by the way this story is about 2 months old.

[restornu]

Mt. Zion aerial from south

[restornu]

Well I did hear it on the news or in the media and it seems many here feel the same way!

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Well I did hear it on the news or in the media and it seems many here feel the same way!

Feel what way? It confirms that a pool existed. It doesn't confirm anything theologically.

[Salvation]

**What about the stuff that has no data, just word of mouth?**
You've heard of Holy Scripture haven't you?

There is also a belief in Holy Tradition -- the things that were handed down person to person, but never got put into writing. (Until much later)

[ravingnutter]

But...but...but...Penn and Teller told me this was BS : )

So much for no scientific proof.

[restornu]

Bubastite Portal with Shishak's City List

[stuartcr]

That's what I thought we were talking about, proof of scripture.

[SuziQ]

The discovery puts a new spotlight on what is called the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a trip that religious law required ancient Jews to make at least once a year...

Yet another of the practices borrowed from the Jews by Mohammed when he created Islam.

[Aliska]

How neat! This from the LAT, the usual bearer of ? :-).

[rjp2005]

Cool. That's good news.

[.30Carbine]

Great pics! Thanks so much for bringing them to the thread, and thank you for the ping, and for the repost.

Yes, the Good News is centuries old, and it is confirmed daily (:

[Knitting A Conundrum]

These pics are so good. Thanks for sharing.

[Bigg Red]

Cool!
I wonder how such a thing could have been buried. (I always wonder about that when I hear of archaeologists discovering large sites.)

[Lurking Libertarian]

w'od echad yoter.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Reported in Bible Archaeology Review! Complete with beautiful photos and drawings!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I wonder how such a thing could have been buried. (I always wonder about that when I hear of archaeologists discovering large sites.)***

You might ask the X ROMAN LEGION about that.

[gscc]

An interesting archaeological study has been posited by the late Dr. Ernest Martin.  Referencing Scripture, and also Josephus, a first-century Jew who witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and Herod’s temple in AD 70, Martin argues that the temples were actually situated south of what tradition calls the "temple mount," in what is known as "The City of David."

If Dr. Martin is right it means the Jews are fighting for control for the wrong chunk of real estate. They could begin rebuilding their temple now, on undisputed land in the City of David, south of the dome of the Rock.

Martin's schematic above has the Temple as the mount on the left and the mount on right being Fortress Antonia, the Roman fort that housed the Roman 10th Legion.

[restornu]

I wonder how deep Destruction was buried?

I was reading an article there is so much more to be uncover yet and in North America, Dr. Ernest Martin said the land here has hard been touched yet!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!