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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 24730969, member: 5682&quot;][ATTACH=full]1582080[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here is a discovery first announced in August. New information about the find has slowly been released to the public:</p><p><br /></p><p>Israeli archeologists have uncovered a 300-meter-long (984-foot) section of an ancient aqueduct thought possibly to have been originally built by Pontius Pilate. The aqueduct is thought to have been damaged during the First Jewish Roman War and later rebuilt by the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582079[/ATTACH] </p><p>This coin from AD 67/68 was found in the duct. It dates from the first Jewish revolt against the Romans. It was thought to have been intentionally deposited by Roman occupiers, possibly Legio X Fretensis.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman colony of Amelia Capitolina centered around Jerusalem was founded during Hadrian’s visit to Judaea in AD 129/130. It is thought that the aqueduct was repaired and maintained after the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excavations have uncovered 25 coins in the plaster of the aqueduct foundations. These coins were distributed at almost equal distances. This was thought to be intentional, possibly placed by the Tenth Legion builders for good luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately (as expected), I have not yet found a further description of these coins. Hopefully, these coins will shed further light on the history of aqueduct.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582078[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582077[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/article-761571" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/article-761571" rel="nofollow">https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/article-761571</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-29/ty-article/longest-stretch-of-ancient-jerusalems-upper-aqueduct-revealed/0000018a-4168-d435-a59e-cfeaaed40000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-29/ty-article/longest-stretch-of-ancient-jerusalems-upper-aqueduct-revealed/0000018a-4168-d435-a59e-cfeaaed40000" rel="nofollow">https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-29/ty-article/longest-stretch-of-ancient-jerusalems-upper-aqueduct-revealed/0000018a-4168-d435-a59e-cfeaaed40000</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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