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Who Built the Underground Aqueducts of Peru? - The Hidden Water Galleries of the Nazca Coast | Sleepy Facts About History
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In one of the driest landscapes on Earth, the rivers that descend from the Andes vanish into the sand long before reaching the sea. Yet for centuries, communities in the Nazca desert of southern Peru sustained complex societies and productive agriculture. The secret to their survival lies not in the famous geoglyphs etched into the desert floor, but beneath it. This episode explores the puquios: horizontal wells and underground water galleries that intercept moving groundwater and direct…
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