The water felt cool, but refreshing for this pilgrim crew from Mosaic Christian Church.
Hezekiah’s Tunnel provided a pleasant reprieve from Jerusalem’s summer heat. Our new friends from Mosaic Christian Church are all in.
Hezekiah's Tunnel is a 1,750-foot subterranean aqueduct carved through solid rock under the Old Testament Jerusalem. It was dug around 701 BC to protect the water supply during the Assyrian siege. An engineering marvel of the ancient world, it was dug by two teams of laborers starting from opposite ends who successfully met in the middle using only hand tools. Today, visitors can still trek through the narrow, knee-deep waters of the tunnel, which remains a primary archaeological link to the biblical accounts of King Hezekiah.