STORY: Location: Jerusalem
Archeologists are baffled by this previous community of hewn-rock ducts
found exterior Jerusalem’s walled Outdated Metropolis
Courting again 2,800 years, the ‘thriller’ channels don’t have any apparent hyperlinks
to an historical Jewish temple and palace that after stood close by
[Yiftah Shalev, Director of Excavation, Israel Antiquities Authority]
“What we obtained right here behind me, is a really attention-grabbing set up made out of a number of channels that used to empty liquid to the north. What was the aim of this set up, we don’t actually know, there are not any parallels to such an set up not right here in Israel, neither somewhere else on this planet. We all know the set up is dated to the late ninth century BCE nearly 2,800 years in the past, through the time of the primary temple interval in Jerusalem. Throughout that point Jerusalem is standing in turning into larger and necessary metropolis. We obtained the temple to the north, we obtained the remainder of town with the palaces to our south, and this set up is true within the center. So it should’ve been an necessary a part of the economic system of Jerusalem through the time.”
Archeologists say the channels might have been used to organize a commodity
similar to linen which requires soaking or date honey