Mamilla Pool

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Mamilla Pool (also known as Birket Mamilla) is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is located outside the walls of the Old City about 650 metres (710 yd) northwest of Jaffa Gate in the centre of the Mamilla Cemetery. With a capacity of 30,000 cubic metres, it was connected by an underground channel to Hezekiah's Pool in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. It was believed to have received water via the Upper or High-Level Aqueduct from Solomon's Pools, but 2010 excavations discovered the aqueduct's final segment at a lower elevation near the Jaffa Gate, so functioning as feeding source for the Mamilla Pool seems unlikely.

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