By happy coincidence, three articles came together in this issue to provide a rare in-depth look at one of Jerusalem’s most dramatic, but at the same time hidden, features: its ancient underground water systems, which include both Hezekiah’s tunnel and Warren’s Shaft. Gifted photographer Garo Nalbandian waded, undaunted, into neck-high water to take many of the photographs illustrating these Biblically significant structures. Hezekiah’s tunnel, one of the great engineering achievements of the ancient world, contains several baffling features. Dug to ensure Jerusalem’s water supply during the siege of the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 701 B.C., the 1,748-foot tunnel meanders […]