Hezekiah's Tunnel
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Q1620682
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An error occurred during query execution: HTTP Error: 400 Response: SPARQL-QUERY: queryStr= SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?file ?date ?label ?qualityLabel ?latitude ?longitude ?type ?subtype ?source WHERE { SERVICE wikibase:label {bd:serviceParam wikibase:language 'en'} { SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?file ?date ?label ?quality ?latitude ?longitude ?type ?subtype ?source WHERE { { SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?date ?file ?type ?subtype ?source (COALESCE(?label1,?label2) AS ?label) (SAMPLE (COALESCE(?latitude1,?latitude2)) AS ?latitude) (SAMPLE (COALESCE(?longitude1,?longitude2)) AS ?longitude) (SAMPLE(?qualitylist) AS ?quality) WHERE { {?item wdt:P180 wd:Q1620682} UNION {SERVICE wikibase:mwapi{ bd:serviceParam wikibase:api 'Generator' . bd:serviceParam wikibase:endpoint 'commons.wikimedia.org' . bd:serviceParam mwapi:gcmtitle 'Category:Hezekiah's Tunnel' . bd:serviceParam mwapi:generator 'categorymembers' . bd:serviceParam mwapi:gcmtype 'file' . bd:serviceParam mwapi:gcmlimit 'max' . ?title wikibase:apiOutput mwapi:title . ?pageid wikibase:apiOutput '@pageid' . } BIND (URI(CONCAT('https://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M', ?pageid)) AS ?item) } OPTIONAL {?item rdfs:label ?label1 FILTER(LANG(?label1) = 'en')} ?item schema:url ?url. BIND (CONCAT('File:',wikibase:decodeUri(substr(str(?url),52))) AS ?file) BIND(REPLACE(REPLACE(?file, '^File:', ), '.[^.]*$', ) AS ?label2) OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P571 ?date} OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P6731 ?qualitylist} OPTIONAL { ?item p:P1259 ?position1. ?position1 psv:P1259/wikibase:geoLatitude ?latitude1a. ?position1 psv:P1259/wikibase:geoLongitude ?longitude1a. BIND(STR(?latitude1a) AS ?latitude1) BIND(STR(?longitude1a) AS ?longitude1) } OPTIONAL { ?item p:P9149 ?position2. ?position2 psv:P9149/wikibase:geoLatitude ?latitude2a. ?position2 psv:P9149/wikibase:geoLongitude ?longitude2a. BIND(STR(?latitude2a) AS ?latitude2) BIND(STR(?longitude2a) AS ?longitude2) } BIND(CONCAT('commons') AS ?type) BIND(CONCAT('image') AS ?subtype) BIND(CONCAT('Commons') AS ?source) FILTER ( STRENDS(LCASE(STR(?file)), '.jpg') || STRENDS(LCASE(STR(?file)), '.jpeg') ) } GROUP BY ?item ?date ?file ?label1 ?label2 ?latitude1 ?latitude2 ?longitude1 ?longitude2 ?type ?subtype ?source } } ORDER BY DESC(?quality) ASC(?date) LIMIT 10 } } GROUP BY ?item ?file ?date ?label ?qualityLabel ?latitude ?longitude ?type ?subtype ?source ORDER BY ASC(?date) java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openrdf.query.MalformedQueryException: Lexical error at line 16, column 66. Encountered: " " (32), after : "s" at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:206) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.BigdataServlet.submitApiTask(BigdataServlet.java:292) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.QueryServlet.doSparqlQuery(QueryServlet.java:678) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.QueryServlet.doPost(QueryServlet.java:275) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.RESTServlet.doPost(RESTServlet.java:269) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.MultiTenancyServlet.doPost(MultiTenancyServlet.java:195) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:865) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1655) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.throttling.ThrottlingFilter.doFilter(ThrottlingFilter.java:322) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.throttling.SystemOverloadFilter.doFilter(SystemOverloadFilter.java:84) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at ch.qos.logback.classic.helpers.MDCInsertingServletFilter.doFilter(MDCInsertingServletFilter.java:50) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.filters.QueryEventSenderFilter.doFilter(QueryEventSenderFilter.java:125) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.filters.ClientIPFilter.doFilter(ClientIPFilter.java:43) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.filters.JWTIdentityFilter.doFilter(JWTIdentityFilter.java:66) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.filters.RealAgentFilter.doFilter(RealAgentFilter.java:33) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1642) at org.wikidata.query.rdf.blazegraph.filters.RequestConcurrencyFilter.doFilter(RequestConcurrencyFilter.java:50) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1634) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:533) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:146) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:548) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:257) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1595) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:255) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1340) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:203) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:473) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1564) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:201) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1242) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:144) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:220) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:126) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:503) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:364) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:260) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:305) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:103) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$2.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:118) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.runTask(EatWhatYouKill.java:333) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:310) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.tryProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:168) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:126) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:366) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:765) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$2.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:683) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750) Caused by: org.openrdf.query.MalformedQueryException: Lexical error at line 16, column 66. Encountered: " " (32), after : "s" at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.Bigdata2ASTSPARQLParser.parseQuery2(Bigdata2ASTSPARQLParser.java:404) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.QueryServlet$SparqlQueryTask.call(QueryServlet.java:741) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.QueryServlet$SparqlQueryTask.call(QueryServlet.java:695) at com.bigdata.rdf.task.ApiTaskForIndexManager.call(ApiTaskForIndexManager.java:68) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ... 1 more Caused by: com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.TokenMgrError: Lexical error at line 16, column 66. Encountered: " " (32), after : "s" at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilderTokenManager.getNextToken(SyntaxTreeBuilderTokenManager.java:3994) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.jj_ntk(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:9637) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.RDFLiteral(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:7189) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphTerm(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:3893) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.VarOrTermOrTRefP(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:8714) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphNodePath(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:3786) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.ObjectPath(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:3467) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.ObjectListPath(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:3044) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.PropertyListPath(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2992) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.TriplesSameSubjectPath(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2919) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.TriplesBlock(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2321) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.BasicGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2097) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2034) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1969) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.ServiceGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2534) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPatternNotTriples(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2370) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2047) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1969) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupOrUnionGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2451) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupOrUnionGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2459) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPatternNotTriples(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2361) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2047) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1969) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.WhereClause(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1013) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.SubSelect(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:416) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1965) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupOrUnionGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2451) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPatternNotTriples(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2361) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2047) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1969) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.WhereClause(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1013) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.SubSelect(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:416) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1965) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupOrUnionGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2451) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPatternNotTriples(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2361) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2047) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:2056) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.GroupGraphPattern(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1969) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.WhereClause(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:1013) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.SelectQuery(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:377) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.Query(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:328) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.QueryContainer(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:216) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.ast.SyntaxTreeBuilder.parseQuery(SyntaxTreeBuilder.java:32) at com.bigdata.rdf.sail.sparql.Bigdata2ASTSPARQLParser.parseQuery2(Bigdata2ASTSPARQLParser.java:336) ... 7 more
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The newer Siloam Tunnel, also known as Hezekiah's Tunnel, is a water tunnel that was carved within the City of David in ancient times, now located in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem. Its popular name is due to the most common hypothesis that it dates from the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, late 8th and early 7th century BC, and corresponds to the "conduit" mentioned in 2 Kings 20 in the Hebrew Bible. According to the Bible, King Hezekiah prepared Jerusalem for an impending siege by the Assyrians, by "blocking the source of the waters of the upper Gihon, and leading them straight down on the west to the City of David". By diverting the waters of the Gihon, he prevented the enemy forces under Sennacherib from gaining access to water. An older water system, sometimes called the Siloam Channel, partly fulfilled a similar purpose and dates back to the Canaanites.
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Location: 31.7724, 35.2357, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Centre for National Crisis Management ⓘ
Israel underground command bunker -

Avshalom Cave ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Cave 4Q ⓘ
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Cavern of the Patriarchs ⓘ
series of caves located in the heart of the old city of Hebron

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El-Jai cave ⓘ
karstic cave in the Judaean Desert -

Grotto of Gethsemane ⓘ
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Ha-Teomim cave ⓘ
cave and nature reserve in Israel -

Ha'Uma cave ⓘ
cave in Jerusalem, Israel -

Khureitun Cave ⓘ
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Maghārat Qabr al Bayn ⓘ
cave -

Qumran Caves ⓘ
cave in West Bank -

Shuqba cave ⓘ
cave and archaeological site in the West Bank -

Stone vessels' cave ⓘ
archaeological site near Jerusalem -
Tomb of Lazarus ⓘ
place of pilgrimage -
Tomb of the Grapes ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Unknown ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Unknown ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Unknown ⓘ
archaeological site in Israel -

Unknown ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Wadi Murabba'at Caves ⓘ
3 caves in Wadi Murabba'at, Israel -

Well of Souls ⓘ
Cave in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, underneath the Foundation stone -
Zedekiah's Cave ⓘ
cave in Jerusalem -

מערות שובב ⓘ
cave in Israel -

מערת הנמרים ⓘ
cave in Israel -

מערת הצדיק ⓘ
cave in Israel -

מערת עדלים ⓘ
cave in Israel -

מערת שמשון ⓘ
cave in Israel -

B'nai B'rith cave ⓘ
cave in Israel -

Hezekiah's Tunnel ⓘ
Ancient underground water tunnel in Jerusalem -

Kerem Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in southwest Jerusalem, Israel -

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem New Railroad - tunnel 4 ⓘ
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Western Wall Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel exposing the Western Wall -
מנהרה 3 בקו הרכבת המהיר לירושלים ⓘ
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1988 | Palestine | country, region, sovereign state, state with limited recognition, Mediterranean country | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 2002 | Centre for National Crisis Management | Ministry of Defense, deep bunker, command post, military base | Wikidata |
| site | cave | Avshalom Cave | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Cave 4Q | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Cavern of the Patriarchs | tomb, archaeological site, mausoleum, cave, mosque, synagogue | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | El-Jai cave | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grotto of Gethsemane | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Ha-Teomim cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Ha'Uma cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Khureitun Cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Maghārat Qabr al Bayn | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Qumran Caves | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Shuqba cave | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Stone vessels' cave | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Tomb of Lazarus | sacred place, tomb, cave, sanctuary | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Tomb of the Grapes | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Unknown | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Wadi Murabba'at Caves | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Well of Souls | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Zedekiah's Cave | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | מערות שובב | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | מערת הנמרים | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | מערת הצדיק | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | מערת עדלים | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | מערת שמשון | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | 1959 | B'nai B'rith cave | cenotaph, cave | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | Hezekiah's Tunnel | water tunnel, archaeological site | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Kerem Tunnel | cycling tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Tel Aviv-Jerusalem New Railroad - tunnel 4 | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Western Wall Tunnel | pedestrian tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | 2012 | מנהרה 3 בקו הרכבת המהיר לירושלים | railway tunnel | Wikidata |