🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Bir Aliqua Qanat – Ma'an Plateau (Wadi Araba fringe)
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Roman (120 BCE–180 CE) · Nabataean Ma'an desert oasis then Roman Arabia Petraea
East Alikhan qanat 2.8 km 44 shafts 18 m mother: Nabataean 120 BCE vaulted subterranean with Roman 180 repair 8 L/s.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Roman Imperial (1st–3rd c. CE) · Decapolis Greco-Roman city league (Gadara, Adraa, Abila)
Hadrianic 170-km 94%-underground qanat from Daraa to Gadara, longest tunnel aqueduct antiquity.