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September 12, 2003
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Israeli archaeologists used radio-carbon dating to confirm that an ancient aqueduct in Jerusalem is a tunnel mentioned in the Bible. The structure, which is mentioned in both Samuel and Chronicles, dates from around 700 B.C.E., a report in the scientific journal Nature said.

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