Water, water everywhere in the ancient city of Petra
admin September 24th, 2007
Jamie, a seminary student at Saint Paul School of Theology, has written an interesting blog post about Petra. Rather than concentrating on the dry, but beautiful, rocky landscape, he has water on his mind, using the incredibly elaborate water technology of the ancient Nabataeans as a theme in one of his sermon series.
Enormous and elaborate tunnels carried water throughout the city. Reservoirs and chambers kept water sufficient for residents but design also accounted for and prevented flash flooding. Over 2000 years ago, the Nabataeans knew the importance of water as a source of life and constructed this amazing city with that in mind.
