September 7, 2023 at 4:33pm
Later excavations expanded the site. In 2004, an infrastructure project uncovered some steps to the pool.
Since then, part of the pool area has been open to the public. The goal of the new project is to open the full area.
“In the Pool of Siloam, we find evidence of history preserved for us, revealed at just the right time,” Rev. Johnnie Moore, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, told Fox News earlier this year as work on the latest phase of the project was beginning.
“Theologically, it affirms Scripture, geographically it affirms Scripture, and politically it affirms Israel’s unquestionable and unrivaled link to Jerusalem. Some discoveries are theoretical. This one is an undeniable. It is proof of the story of the Bible and of its people, Israel,” he said.
“The Pool of Siloam in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem is a site of historic, national and international significance. After many years of anticipation, we will soon merit being able to uncover this important site and make it accessible to the millions of visitors visiting Jerusalem each year,” Moshe Lion, the mayor of Jerusalem, said, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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