Photo collection by Th.Schiöler Water-lifting by draught animals Early Roman sâqiyas Photo 108

Antikke Øseværk

Ruins of a two-thousand–year-old sâqiya in Egypt In the centre of the site, we can see the well and on the right the noria. From the deep well - which is covered with modern boards - the water was raised and used to irrigate a garden with a few palm trees. [108]