If a good, dependable well was essential to a homestead for providing everyday water, the next step up was to have a deep, cool cistern adjacent to the back porch. Constructed as far back as the early fourth millennium (4000’s) BCE in Near Eastern countries such as Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon, the technology …
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