The word qanat comes from a Semitic word meaning “to dig” and, over the centuries, the technology was transferred to other civilizations and become known with different names such as: hydragogeion, e.g., aqueduct (from the words hydro = water and agogos = conduit, Hellas), “karez” ...
The word qanat comes from a Semitic word meaning “to dig” and, over the centuries, the technology was transferred to other civilizations and become known with different names such as: hydragogeion, e.g., aqueduct (from the words hydro = water and agogos = conduit, Hellas), “karez” ...