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Siloam Pool

A 2,800-year-old monumental dam wall in Jerusalem's City of David has been fully excavated and radiocarbon-dated by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Weizmann Institute of Science in a study published in PNAS on August 25, 2025. (Assaf Peri/City of David)
August 26, 2025, 11:43 pm
Huge dam shows ancient Jerusalem adapted to climate change with advanced engineering
C-14 dating finds vast structure was built in 805–795  BCE; peer-reviewed study matches biblical narrative, reveals Jerusalem’s wealth, power under biblical kings 2,800 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
Young boys from Taiwan play in the water of the Siloam Pool after walking through Hezekiah's Tunnel during their visit to the City of David National Park, on July 28, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 27, 2022, 8:00 pm
Israel, right-wing group to fully excavate biblical Siloam Pool in East Jerusalem
2,700-year-old water reservoir thought built by King Hezekiah to be opened to public; critics say move is part of plan to expand Jewish presence in Palestinian neighborhood
By Ash Obel
A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
March 11, 2022, 9:01 am
Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem
The 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem
By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff
A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
February 23, 2017, 6:39 am
Minister offers Turkish mayor elephants for ancient Hebrew inscription
Miri Regev tries to get back 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion and ToI Staff
A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
January 19, 2017, 11:37 pm
Despite detente, ancient Hebrew text ‘proving’ Jewish ties to Jerusalem set to stay in Istanbul
Netanyahu has hailed Siloam Inscription as evidence ‘etched in stone’ of Jews’ historic connection to holy city, but Israeli officials are not seeking its return
By Ilan Ben Zion
Joe Uziel, co-director of an Israel Antiques Authority excavation, sitting atop the stepped structure from the Second Temple period in Jerusalem. (Shai Halevy/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 31, 2015, 5:27 pm
Unique Second Temple-era podium has Jerusalem archaeologists puzzled
Researchers believe pyramid of stone blocks newly uncovered on Second Temple-era street may have been a public stage
By Stuart Winer
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