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Water Channels: Nabatean engineers carved channels in the sandstone…
Water Channels: Nabatean engineers carved channels in the sandstone walls of the Bab a-Siq. These channels held clay pipes that carried water into the city from Wadi Mousa (the "Wadi of Moses"), located a few miles away. The channels and pipes were in place almost 2500 years ago.

Photographed by: Mac McKee
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