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    Gihon Spring (Hebrew: מעיין הגיחון) or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the Kidron Valley. It was the main source...
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    defensive network dating back to the Middle Bronze Age were found around the Gihon Spring; they continued to remain in use throughout subsequent periods. Two monumental...
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    Warren's Shaft is a vertical shaft next to the Gihon Spring, the main source of water of Bronze and Iron Age Jerusalem, discovered in 1867 by British engineer...
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    origin in the late 9th or early 8th century BC. The tunnel leads from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. If indeed built under Hezekiah, it dates to a...
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    graves on a regular basis, providing ongoing water contamination of the Gihon spring in the City of David.[citation needed] "Bab al-Rahmah Cemetery (Jerusalem)...
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    Hebrew inscription found in the Siloam tunnel which brings water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam, located in the City of David in East Jerusalem...
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    Jerusalem to the southeast. The pools were fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by the Siloam Tunnel. The Lower Pool or "Old Pool" was...
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    theory." The Intermittent Spring in Wyoming, mentioned above, is the largest rhythmic spring in the world. The Gihon Spring in the City of David in Jerusalem...
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    siphon theory." Gihon Spring, another well-known rhythmic spring, located in the ancient City of David Salt River Range "Periodic Spring". Geographic Names...
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    sources of historical importance, such as the Pool of Siloam (Ain Silwan), Gihon Spring and Ein Rogel. The rest of the village was built in the 19th century...
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