The Gihon Spring, Jerusalem's Original Heart

Long before the walls, the Temple, or the holy sites, Jerusalem was a city of water. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the story of the Gihon Spring and the people who first settled around it — the Jebusites, whose fortified city David would conquer. We follow the engineering marvels that made survival possible: Warren's Shaft, a mysterious tunnel cut through bedrock, and Hezekiah's Tunnel, a 533-meter aqueduct carved to protect the city's water supply from an Assyrian siege. Along the way, we meet the archaeologists who uncovered this ancient world — Kathleen Kenyon and Yigal Shiloh — and explore the ongoing debate over how the city's earliest residents actually drew their water. We also visit the Pool of Siloam, where pilgrims washed before ascending to the Temple, and reflect on how water has shaped Jerusalem's sacred geography. This episode offers a fresh angle on a city often defined by its walls, revealing the underground infrastructure that made it all possible.

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