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The Story behind the discovery of the lower Siloam pool

Eli Shukron

Israeli archaeologist, excavator a scholar and a licensed tour guide

Shukron received his master’s degree from the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Working for the Israel Antiquities Authority Shukron excavated Israel in particulate the holy city of Jerusalem for the past 25 years. In the last 18 years Eli has been digging in the city of David in Jerusalem. And since has become one of the leading experts on the archaeology of Jerusalem with vast experience yielded from numerous excavations in the city. Eli Shukron has made several significant finds as the uncover and finding of the Shiloah Pool and the discovery of the Jerusalem Pilgrim road from the period of the Second Temple of Jerusalem.