Pool of Siloam

Unearthed

• The Siloam Inscription and Hezekiah's tunnelConfirmed by the groundc. 700 BC

  The tunnel described in one line of Kings exists, was cut in Hezekiah's era, and its diggers left a note inside it.

• Dating the Siloam tunnel without the inscriptionConfirmed by the groundc. 700 BC

  The tunnel under Jerusalem was cut around 700 BC — the years the Bible assigns to Hezekiah's waterworks — on evidence that owes nothing to either text.

• The Pool of Siloam, uncoveredConfirmed by the ground1st century BC–1st century AD

  The pool named in John 9 exists, is the right size for a public gathering place, and was in use in the first century.

• The stepped street and Robinson's ArchConfirmed by the groundc. AD 20–31

  The road pilgrims climbed from the pool to the temple, and the stair off the Temple Mount, are datable to the years the Gospels describe.

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