The 2,000-year-old aqueduct system found in the Turkish town of Patara would have met current engineering standards. Photo by Jennifer Hattam Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara, with its cliff-carved tombs and cool, vaulted cisterns . But perhaps most impressive is the series of rock channels that served as an early water-treatment plant, allowing dirt and… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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