Aqueduct in Caesarea
A portion of an aqueduct built by Herod the Great (King of Judea from 37-4 BC) has been uncovered in the port city of Caesarea. The original aqueduct was about 6 miles long and brought water from springs near Shuni, near the foot of Mt. Carmel. Later, Hadrian would expand the aqueduct (circa 130 AD) in an effort to provide Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea, with additional water.
There were
additional rebuilds during the Byzantine era (circa 639 AD), and Crusader times (12th century).
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