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Hezekiah's construction crew carved a flex into the tunnel wall when they met in the middle — and archaeologists found their ancient graffiti.
Around 701 BCE, with Assyria's Sennacherib rolling up to siege Jerusalem, King Hezekiah had workers dig a 1,750-foot tunnel through solid rock to secure the city's water supply. The inscription describes two teams digging from opposite ends and meeting in the middle. The tunnel still exists and you can literally walk through it today in Jerusalem.
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