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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts
image for illustration: ‘Chorobates – An ancient roman device for measuring slopes’ by Yoni Toker, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons An ambitious project of restoration necessitated an equally ambitious shoring up of infrastructure, reports Open Culture.
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