thumb|250px|lower pool, breikhat hashiloah thumb|right|250px|handcolored photo of the site (c. 1865) thumb|right|250px|artist's reconstruction the pool of siloam (, breikhat hashiloah) is a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of the city of david, the original site of jerusalem, located outside the walls of the old city to the southeast. the pool was fed by the waters of the gihon spring, carried there by two aqueducts. ==history== the pool of siloam is mentioned several times in the bible.  mentions the pool's waters, while  ff. refers to the construction of hezekiah's tunnel. for christians, the pool of siloam has additional special significance: it is mentioned in the gospel of john as the location to which jesus sent "a man blind from birth" in order to complete the healing of the man.http://www.usccb.org/bible/john/9 a substantial remodeling of a nearby pool, thought to be the pool of siloam, was constructed in the 5th century under byzantine direction and is said to have been built at the behest of empress aelia eudocia. this pool, having been somewhat abandoned and left to ruin, partly survives to the present day, surrounded by a high wall of stones on all sides (except for an arched entrance to hezekiah's tunnel, which was only rediscovered in the 19th century). the pool of siloam from the second temple was destroyed and covered after the great revolt of judea against the romans in the year 70. dating was indicated by a number of coins discovered on the stones of the patio near the pool to the north, all dating to the days of the great revolt. the latest coin is dated with "4 years to the day of the great revolt", meaning the year 69. in the years following the destruction, winter rains washed alluvial from the hills down to the valley and down the slopes of mount zion to the west of the pool; the pool was filled with silt layers (up to 4 m in some places) until it was covered completely. during a sewer-change excavation near the present-day pool by ir david foundation workers, in the autumn of 2004, eli shukron, an archaeologist with the israel antiquities authority, excavating nearby, asked to delay the work in order to document and photograph the sewer excavation by the israel nature and parks authority's ori orbach. it was during the tractor's work that shukron heard a sound he knew from years of work and asked the tractor to halt. he then approached the stones and uncovered the first steps. ronny reich, a colleague of eli shukron, was called to the scene. it seemed obvious to them both that t
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