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From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived to S
Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived to Save India’s Parched Villages They brought access to fresh water for millennia, and existed as long-honored pieces of cultural heritage, and then they were abandoned. Now a new chapter is opening on the stepwells of India Modern sewage and irrigation systems made them obsolete, but under the weight of extreme drought, the stepwells of India big and small are being restored for their ancient ingenuity and modern thirst-quenching design. Stepwells are sometimes small stone-lined trenches, capturing rainwater and refilling underground aquafers, while others are masterpieces of inverted architecture, like the Chand Bawri in Rajasthan—a World Heritage Site consisting of the inverse of a step pyramid dug straight into the ground and lined by 3,200 steps set on symmetrical staircases. the rest of the story and pictures at the link.... |
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From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived...
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i had never heard of these structures before now. thank you kay. |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived...
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👍🤗💖1,000 years ago.... way head of so called ass backwrds civilization now. |
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