Radiocarbon dating suggests Jerusalem’s Siloam Dam was built in 800 BCE to face climate crisis
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More than 2,800 years ago, residents of Iron-age Jerusalem faced climate change, marked by years of drought and sudden flash floods. The ruling establishment of Judah, probably led by King Jehoash or his successor Amaziah, came up with a large-scale engineering solution for the unpredictable weather conditions and water shortage: fortifying the city’s primary water […]