3000年前にイラン(ペルシャ)で砂漠に作られた地下水道カナートの地表部のメンテナンス換気口の列
3000 years ago, in what is now Iran, a type of underground aqueduct called a qanat was engineered to transport water over long distances to farms and villages that couldn’t exist without it in the hot dry climates The holes supplied oxygen to workers who dug the aqueduct by hand… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/ReGzWGf6TA
2023-06-24 01:44:17The reason qanats do not appear as straight lines is primarily due to the need to follow the natural contours of the land. The process of creating a qanat involved identifying a water source, usually an underground aquifer, and then digging a tunnel from a lower elevation to tap… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2023-06-24 02:00:31As well as air and ventilation the other general purposes of these holes include 1. Access Points to the underground channel, they allow people to enter the qanat for maintenance, repairs, and cleaning purposes. 2. Extraction of Soil and Debris: During the construction 3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2023-06-24 02:38:08As well as air and ventilation the other general purposes of these holes include 1. Access Points to the underground channel, they allow people to enter the qanat for maintenance, repairs, and cleaning purposes. 2. Extraction of Soil and Debris: During the construction 3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2023-06-24 02:38:08@gunsnrosesgirl3 This is a weel in Gonabad Quanats. Photo taken in Oct 2022. pic.twitter.com/Ey9ogC9i08
2023-06-24 01:59:57@gunsnrosesgirl3 Same types of aqueducts in the Sahara Desert (in Algeria), called Foggara pic.twitter.com/IBKlLJHI3v
2023-06-24 04:54:18@gunsnrosesgirl3 It's also called the karez system in Balochistan, Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/uPJ8yo02Cr
2023-06-24 06:55:26@gunsnrosesgirl3 Also check the Karez system of Turpan ,China by Uyghurs. farwestchina.com/travel/turpan/… pic.twitter.com/Kvj6Bizu8w
2023-06-24 07:05:32science in context, art history and some puzzles to solve