The 4000 year old Ancient Greek Minoan Aqueducts.

[Rev. Chris Roubis]

The 4000 year old Ancient Greek Minoan Aqueducts.

Although erroneously attributed to the Romans, Aqueducts have existed thousands of years before.
A very impressive feature of the Minoan palaces was their four-thousand-year-old drainage systems.

These are stone structures with running water used to flush the lavatories in various rooms.

Stone ducts also formed drains which led rainwater from the courts outside the palaces, to eliminate the risk of flooding.
Finally, clay ducts which fitted into each other distributed clean drinking water throughout the palace.

The water was piped down from often remote springs, along extensive stone aqueducts.
Image by: Yannis Samatas.