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Archaeologists unearth 2,000-year-old aqueduct near Jerusalem
The aqueduct near Jerusalem is about two thousand years old and has been linked to a biblical story; the pipe isn't saying who drank from it.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Brock Thunderson and Gloria Vance on this story, from Coffee Talk at 8:29 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Moneycontrol.com's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Moneycontrol.com: “Did "Jesus" drink water here? Archaeologists unearth a 2,000-year-old aqueduct near Jerusalem...”
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 8:29 AM ET on Coffee Talk, by Vera Bullock, Brock Thunderson and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: Jerusalem.
- BBN covered this story before: Is the US Embassy in Jerusalem for Israel or America? (October 17).
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's eight-thirty Eastern, this is Coffee Talk, and I'm already on my second oat latte, so nobody judge. Archaeologists have unearthed a two-thousand-year-old aqueduct near Jerusalem.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd one outlet's headline asks, with Jesus in quotation marks, whether he drank water here. I have covered digs.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe pipe does not say who drank from it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'll be honest, I love any story about water getting where it's going. That's more than I can say for Sunday's forecast.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut it's a lovely thought. Two thousand years later, we're all still just thirsty people near a pipe.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe editor's note says only that it's linked to a biblical story. Linked is carrying a great deal of that headline.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLinked how?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe story doesn't say. Which is why there's a question mark.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd click it. I clicked on a headline about a pigeon in a tuxedo this morning, and I'd do it again.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo by that rule, the Brita filter on my counter has hosted royalty.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPut quotation marks around the evidence and you can run it.
More Shorts
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- 2,000-year-old aqueduct found near Jerusalem, scholar sees Jesus link · Fox News
- Is the US Embassy in Jerusalem for Israel or America? · Al Jazeera
- Archaeologists unearth 2,000-year-old aqueduct near Jerusalem (this story)
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