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by internet_points
2 hours ago
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> Today it is a ruin, but one that remains unmistakably alive. wat? why is it still alive? the paragraph just ended like that, no further explanation? I get the feeling I should not trust these words. (Looking at the pre-2023 articles by the same writer, they are in a very different writing style. Sigh.) That "ABOVE: aerial view of fortified structure of Sharba" picture though is amazing. Like it was swallowed by the sand, or it's an outgrowth, a welt being covered by a skin of sand. And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat (foggaras) is intriguing. |
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modern implementation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River
"According to the project's website, it is the largest underground network of pipes (2,820 kilometres (1,750 mi))[3] and aqueducts in the world."