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Hydraulic works in United Arab Emirates · Mysteria

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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Hydraulic works

Aflaj of Al Ain Oasis

Iron Age to present ~1000 BCE–present · Omani/Hafit to UAE bedouin oases

Al Ain 3,000-year aflaj-fed palm oasis irrigating 147,000 palms with time-share water law.