Hezekiah's Tunnel - Walkthrough (including the Herodian Street)

This is a short video containing footage from a walkthrough of Hezekiah's Tunnel. It includes the Herodian Street. I even make an appearance at the end.

The City of David Archaeological Park, which includes Hezekiah’s Tunnel, is the oldest part of the city of Jerusalem. This was the location of the original Jebusite settlement which David conquered in the 11th century BCE, and almost everything that has been discovered here dates from the kingdoms period or earlier. The archaeological site is fairly extensive and research here is ongoing.
The hill where the City of David is located has been inhabited since ancient times. The main advantage of the site for early settlers was the presence of the Gihon Spring, a plentiful fresh water source which supported the local population for thousands of years. The ancient Jebusites maintained a fortified settlement here prior to the arrival of the Israelites and throughout the rule of the Judges. Around the year 1003 BCE an Israelite army under King David conquered the fortress, possibly by entering the city through a tunnel that provided water to the city from the Gihon Spring.
David subsequently chose it to be the site of the capital of his new kingdom and renamed it Jerusalem. Although Jerusalem expanded significantly in later years, the City of David probably remained the city’s royal enclave for several centuries. During this period the City of David became heavily fortified. The Gihon Spring was concealed and a tunnel, built during the reign of King Hezekiah, rerouted the water to what is known as the Pool of Siloam.
After the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE, the City of David never really recovered its preeminent position in the city. It was included inside the city wall during the Hasmonean and Roman periods, thanks to the presence of the Gihon Spring. However after the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE the City of David was largely abandoned. The area was excluded from the city’s later walls, and remains outside of them to the present day. The City of David is part of the Jerusalem Walls-City of David National Park.
The City of David archaological site stretches southward from the walls of the Old City just outside of the Dung Gate. A number of the area’s ancient buildings have been excavated and can be viewed from a surrounding walkway. A visually impressive section of the ancient city wall, which was actually built by the Jebusites, dominates the site. Towards the center of the park is the entrance to Hezekiah’s Tunnel, which can be accessed through Warren’s Shaft. There are actually two tunnels, one wet and one dry, that visitors can walk through to get to the Pool of Siloam.
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