Egyptian wells
TIM TAYLOR bdtayl@yahoo.com
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:28:25 -0700 (PDT) (00906445705, 19980922012826.7838.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com)
---Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 06:23:06PM -0400, Achilles Sophia wrote:
> > On the basis of having studied archaeology for several years I
believe that
> > wells have been used continuously in egypt from stone age times
forward,
> > however I realize that many will not want to just accept my word
on that so
> > I also did a brief net search for early references to wells in
egypt. There
> > is a history of plumbing in egypt available online at
> > http://www.theplumber.com/egypt.html
>
> So these would have been wells that used groundwater, not that (say)
> collected rainwater?
>
Tim
You trust in man's intellect and I will trust in God.
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