Lost piece of Jesus' world emerges after 2,000 years in extraordinary discovery

A 2,000-year-old aqueduct was recently uncovered near Jerusalem — and it likely supplied water used by Jesus and his disciples, according to a biblical scholar.

Archaeologists unearthed a roughly 984-foot section of the ancient waterway south of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel — which once carried water from Solomon's Pools near Bethlehem to Jerusalem's Temple Mount.

The discovery was announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Oct. 11, following excavations ahead of a planned residential development.