🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Laurion Silver Washery at Agrileza
Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) · Athenian
Laurion Silver Washery at Agrileza in Attica, Greece is a Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) hydraulic attributed to Athenian.
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🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) · Athenian
Laurion Silver Washery at Agrileza in Attica, Greece is a Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) hydraulic attributed to Athenian.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE mature; dock 2400 BCE) · Indus / Harappan (Lothal)
Ahmedabad Lothal excavated by Rao 1954–63, dock at 2400 BCE, bead factory and Persian Gulf seal.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo citadel excavated by Marshall 1922–, world's earliest public Bath.
🇷🇺 Russia · Hydraulic works
The Eurasia Canal (Russian: Канал "Евразия", Kanal "Evraziya") is a proposed 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) canal connecting the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea along the Kuma-Manych Depression.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
The Bytown Museum (French: Musée Bytown) is a museum in Ottawa located in the Colonel By Valley at the Ottawa Locks of the Rideau Canal on the Ottawa River, just below Parliament Hill.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Second Temple (Herodian) to Byzantine · Herodian Jewish / Roman / Byzantine
Mamilla (Birket Mamilla) reservoir (760 m asl, 31°46′42″N 35°13′15″E 31.7786,35.2209) 650 m NW of Jaffa Gate in centre of Mamilla Cemetery, one of Jerusalem's ancient pools (Upper pool of Gihon)…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Almoravid to Marinid 1050–1350 CE Tafilalt · Tafilalt Sijilmassa oasis Berber Almoravid–Marinid
North Tafilalt khettara 2.6 km 52 shafts 12 m mother: Almoravid 1050/Marinid 1350 corbelled 4 L/s with nouba sharing Sijilmassa.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Roman Severan 198 CE (Septimius Severus) Cilicia · Roman Cilician plain estate economy
Roman Severan 198 CE saddle dam 280 m × 8.8 m basalt riprap 65,000 m³ with 42 m spillway and 2.2 km arch aqueduct 2.8 m.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean to Himyarite (7th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite
South sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (7th c BCE–575 CE) — 18-m limestone control for the grand southern oasis.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Late Intermediate, Casarabe culture · Casarabe (Moxos) savanna farmers
1,000 km of causeways + 147 forest-island cities (500–1400 CE) in seasonally flooded Beni savanna.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Southern Extension in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Eastern Outlier in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Southern Extension in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Northern Annex in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Western Terrace in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid · Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour
Northern Shushtar (65 m, 32°03′N 48°51′E 32.05,48.85) hydraulic extension of UNESCO 1315 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (1315): Band-e Gar (Gar Dam) and Dariun Great Weir interconnect canal…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Western Terrace in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Western Terrace in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
British-Egyptian Modern with Pharaonic quarry context · British-Egyptian engineers (Willcocks, Benetti) on Pharaonic Nile
South spillway 350 m south of Aswan Low Dam with 58 buttress sluices on granite outcrop.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean (900–500 BCE) · Sabaean
Sabaean retainer dam (9.5 m high, 220 m crest) on Wadi Khanas tributary 18 km northeast of Marib Dam (1,120 m), with 2.8 km rock-cut feeder canal to Marib north sluice extension.