Jesus-era Siloam pool found in Jerusalem: Evidence of ancient, rock-hewn water systems
In separate excavations in and near Jerusalem, archaeologists have found evidence of ancient, rock-hewn water systems, including a large, stepped basin that one group of scholars is calling the Pool of Siloam—a place-name that occurs in the Gospel of John, where Jesus tells a blind man whom he healed to wash there.
What may be the biblical Pool of Siloam was first found in the Old City of Jerusalem by workers repairing a sewage pipe. The newly discovered pool is less than 200 yards from another pool called Siloam which was built in the fifth century.