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  • Radio-dating authenticates Biblical tunnel

    09/23/2003 5:52:08 AM PDT · by Aracelis · 15 replies · 309+ views
    CBS News ^ | Updated 10 Sep 2003 | CBC News Online staff
    JERUSALEM - Scientists have found and radio-dated a tunnel described in the Bible. The books of Kings II and Chronicles II report the construction of the Siloam Tunnel during the reign of King Hezekiah, who ruled 2,700 years ago. It was built to move water from the Gihon spring into ancient Jerusalem, protecting the city's water supply in the event of an Assyrian siege. It has been difficult for scientists to verify modern equivalents of buildings mentioned in the Bible because specimens have been poorly preserved, hard to identify and access. Amos Frumkin of the geography department at the Hebrew...