Qanat Firaun -‘Canal Of The Pharaohs’ Is The Ancient World’s Longest Underground Tunnel

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This underground tunnel, known as Qanat Firaun ('Canal Of The Pharaohs') or simply 'Pharaoh's Watercourse,' is an extraordinary example of the remarkable ingenuity of ancient Roman engineers.

Who knows, the structure may have several entrances, and perhaps one leads to the hidden labyrinth.

It is the world's longest underground tunnel, at more than 100 kilometers. It was made of stone and built to connect water to cities in the ancient province of Syria. The monumental effort took more than a century, says Mathias Döring, a hydromechanics professor in Darmstadt, Germany, who discovered it.

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