2,600-Year-Old Water System Infrastructure Unearthed in India

Archaeology Magazine ^ | August 5, 2024 | editors / unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The Hindustan Times reports that a section of terracotta pipe has been uncovered in southern India at Keeladi, a 2,600-year-old city situated on the banks of the Vaigai River. Other traces of the city’s water system, including an open drain, a closed channel, and small tanks, have previously been uncovered by researchers. This pipe is made up of six cylindrical structures, each measuring about 14 inches long and seven inches wide, that are neatly fitted together. Archaeologists from the Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology think the piping may have carried clean water.

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Aerial view of Keeladi, India

Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology

[SunkenCiv]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

2,600 year old tech is still widely used today, too! I remember Dad installing the stuff to drain downspout water away from the house long ago.

[Getready]

Another example of the innate engineering intelligence of mankind regardless of historical era...possibly on the wane nowadays(Boeing, collapsing bridges, Millenium tower in San fran..California bullet train fiasco, etc)?????

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[IndianChief]

Another example of the innate engineering intelligence of mankind regardless of historical era...possibly on the wane nowadays(Boeing, collapsing bridges, Millenium tower

Perhaps you confuse greed with lack of engineering intelligence? Excellence flourishes where technocrats rule. See SpaceX.