Khettara Access Shaft is a photograph by Thierry Berrod, Mona Lisa Production which was uploaded on July 1st, 2016.
Khettara Access Shaft
Khettara access shaft, Moroccan desert. Workers using a winch to descend into a shaft for an ancient underground network of water transport tunnels... more
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Khettara Access Shaft
Artist
Thierry Berrod, Mona Lisa Production
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Khettara access shaft, Moroccan desert. Workers using a winch to descend into a shaft for an ancient underground network of water transport tunnels called khettaras. These tunnels are used to transport water from an aquifer or oasis to human settlements. Many khettaras (also called qanats) are hundreds of years old and are no longer maintained, but some are being restored. The access and air shafts, some many metres deep, need to be cleared and reopened to allow them to be used to supply air and to descend to the tunnels to carry out maintenance.
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July 1st, 2016
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