Throughout the arid regions of Iran, agricultural and permanent settlements are supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water ...

Hatami said that when the ancient people of Abarkuh dug water transfer tunnels, known as a qanat, they added stairs connecting the houses along the route to the tunnels. The links to the tunnels ...

This is particularly true for AlUla. Probably the country’s most well-known destination, this ancient desert city in the north-west of the country is nestled within a diverse and evocative landscape ...