Hezekiah's Tunnel and the Pool of Siloam

Today was probably one of my favorite field trips. We went to Hezekiahs tunnel. Back when the Assyrians were taking over everything right and left. Hezekiah had Jerusalem fortified and they carved out this tunnel that runs underneath the city of Jerusalem that diverted water down to inside the city. This secured a water supply within the fortified city. Since water was such a crucial thing it was important to have a supply that couldn't be cut off by the Assyrians. This tunnel is 1750 ft long. When they carved this out they had two teams start on different ends and they met in the middle. It's amazing that they were able to meet within inches of each other. It was so fun we got to walk through it, water and everything!!! As you can see the water at some places got pretty high. As you can see there were a couple of us shorties where the water got a little higher on us than everybody else. :) It was so fun though. Hezekiahs tunnel emptied into what was called Siloam Pool from Jesus time. Today it empties into another pool that they call Siloam pool but it isn't the same one that was there during Jesus's time.

Here is what the real Pool of Siloam would of looked like during Jesus's time. This is the pool that it talks about in the scriptures when the Savior when the Savior heals a man that was blind from birth. He puts mud over his eyes and tells him to go wash in the Siloam Pool.

I am sitting on the original stairs that were here during Christ's time. Right in front of me where the dirt begins is where the pool of Siloam would of began. The other picture is of me and my roommates Emilie and Bre on the stairs with the place where the pool would be off to the right. It was really neat to be here because I walked in a place that we know that the Savior walked.