ELAZIG, Türkiye . The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period that was discovered in Harput Castle in the eastern Anatolia region of Türkiye has been completed.

Has your interest in alternative water systems made you ask, what is a cistern? ... in the floors of houses at least 5,000 years old. Ancient Romans also made use of cisterns beneath their ...

The largest found to date, the Basilica Cistern, was built as the water source for the Great Palace of Constantinople in 527 C.E. Eventually, though, as new technology replaced older methods of ...

The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period that was discovered in Harput Castle in the eastern Anatolia region of Türkiye has been completed.