🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Wadi Hammamat Central Quarry Road — Bekhen-stone Quarry
Dynastic to Graeco-Roman (3000 BCE–300 CE) 800 inscriptions · Egyptian royal quarrying (bekhen stone)
Wadi Hammamat Central Quarry Road — Bekhen-stone Quarry in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Dynastic to Graeco-Roman (3000 BCE–300 CE) 800 inscriptions hydraulic attributed to Egyptian royal quarrying…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall in Piauí, Brazil is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Tipón Hydraulic Gardens
Wari to Late Horizon ~1200–1572 CE · Wari then Inca
Inca 12-terrace walled garden where spring water sings through 600-year-old stone drains.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of New Cist
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Reservoir of New Cist in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Andenes of the Colca Canyon
Middle Horizon to Inca ~800–1532 CE · Collagua and Cabana then Inca
Collagua 1,000 km of canyon-edge andenería integrating amunas and qochas still irrigated.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Ceys Channel — Jerash (Gerasa) Hadrianic Water Conduit
Roman Hadrianic (129 – 130 CE) with Byzantine reuse · Roman Gerasene Gerasa Decapolis under Hadrian
9 km Hadrianic Ceys Channel 130 CE to Gerasa reservoir above Cardo at 610 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Kafara South Embankment — Wadi Garawi Secondary Dam Wing
Old Kingdom Early Dynastic–3rd Dynasty (2700 – 2600 BCE) · Egyptian Old Kingdom (Sneferu–Djoser period)
South wing of oldest masonry dam 2650 BCE 113 m long unfinished collapse in Wadi Garawi.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Pazyryk Frozen Kurgan Outlier West — Pilbara (Newman)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Pazyryk Frozen Kurgan Outlier West in Pilbara, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
South Sluice Hydraulic Extension - Marib Oasis
Sabaean c.750 BCE–575 CE; sluice extension · Sabaean (South Arabian)
Marib South Sluice (Masaq) – Sabaean Great Dam's mass southern sluice/spillway assembly (14m high, 600m dam length, 30,000 ha irrigation).
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Wadi Dhana South Dam — Sabaean Southern Oasis Spillway
Sabaean to Himyarite (800 BCE – 575 CE) · Sabaean Kingdom (Saba) and Himyarite maintenance
South dam and spillway of Sabaean 763 m rock-fill marvel feeding southern oasis.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Saka Kurgan Chain East — Great Plains — saka-kurgan-
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Saka Kurgan Chain East in Great Plains, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Persepolis Apadana Terrace South
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Persepolis Apadana Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Monolithic Stela Circle South — Tamil Nadu (Madurai)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Nimrud Canal and Dam System
Neo-Assyrian 9th–7th c. BCE (Ashurnasirpal II to Sennacherib) · Assyrian
Nimrud (Kalhu) – Neo-Assyrian capital canalization by Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE): Upper Zab canal (7m wide) cutting conglomerate ridge with 10m tunnel (Negub Tunnel) and Khinu/Mejira dam…
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Moray Concentric Terrace South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Moray Concentric Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North — Angkor (Siem Reap)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North in Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Chavín Lanzón Gallery East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Chavín Lanzón Gallery East in Tamil Nadu, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Neak Pean — Northern Hospital Baray Annex
Jayavarman VII (1191 CE) · Khmer Buddhist
Neak Pean — Northern Hospital Baray Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Jayavarman VII (1191 CE) hydraulic attributed to Khmer Buddhist.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Aton Karnak Submerged Processional Basin — East Karnak
New Kingdom (1550–1070 BCE) basin floodplain · Egyptian
Aton Karnak Submerged Processional Basin — East Karnak in Luxor Governorate, Egypt is a New Kingdom (1550–1070 BCE) basin floodplain submerged-city attributed to Egyptian.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ein Avdat — Nabataean Canyon Dam and Monastery
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean–Christian monks
Ein Avdat — Nabataean Canyon Dam and Monastery in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nabataean–Christian monks.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Sagalassos — Antonine Nymphaeum Upper Agora
Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (333 BCE–700 CE peak 2nd c. CE) · Pisidian → Roman Imperial
Toros Pisidian city excavated by Waelkens 1990–, earthquake 540 CE disruption, Antonine cascade reconstructed 2014.