Gihon Spring
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Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the Kidron Valley. It was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in Jebus and the later City of David,
Illustration of Gihon Spring ("Upper Fountain of Siloam") in David Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia
The Valley of Gihon. W. F. Ainsworth, 1870
Virgin's Fountain in 1907
Descent to spring
The City of David, known locally mostly in Arabic as Wadi Hilweh, is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bro
Gihon Spring
…Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the Kidron Valley. It was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of Jerusalem. One of the world's major intermittent springs – and a reliable water source that made human settlement possible in…
Stepped Stone Structure
c.1870 (Illés Relief)
VIEW OF JERUSALEM FROM THE HILL OF OPHEL.. נוף של ירושלים.D826 042
Aerial view of the Temple Mount and City of David