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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