Megiddo - Water Tunnel

The path from the stables in Megiddo runs down to the large tunnel which guaranteed the town's water supply, This was formerly attributed to the 13th or the 11th century (the time of the Canaanites or Philistines), but Yadin's excavations have firmly dated it to the Israelite period, in the time of Ahab (ninth century B.C.). The source of Megiddo's water is a spring in a cave outside the confines of the town. In the time of Solomon a shaft 2m/6.5ft high and 1m/40in. wide was cut through the walls to give access to the spring on the Southwestern slope of the tell. Ahab, who also provided Hazor with a water supply system, resolved to construct a conduit at Megiddo which would run from inside the town to the spring and in the event of a siege