In one of the most arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula, communities have managed to cultivate palm trees and keep villages thanks to canals that drive water without pumps or engines. Oman's estajj system takes advantage of small altitude differences to make the water travel long distances, and some examples preserve a hydraulic technology associated with traditions that cross...
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In one of the most arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula, communities have managed to cultivate palm trees and keep villages thanks to canals that drive water without pumps or engines. Oman's estajj system takes advantage of small altitude differences to make the water travel long distances, and some examples preserve a hydraulic technology associated with traditions that cross...