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From: "Pierre Briant" <pierre.briant@college-de-france.fr>


A new book has just come out in the Persika-Series:

Pierre Briant (ed.), Irrigation et drainage dans l'Antiquite. Qanats 
et canalisations souterraines en Iran, en Egypte et en Grece 
(Seminaire du College de France, mars 2000), Collection "Persika" 2, 
Paris, Editions Thotm, 2001 (177FF; 27 euros; 26 USD).=20

The collection and distribution of water was one of the central 
concerns of ancient Near Eastern states and societies, including the 
Achaemenid empire. A specific form of access to subterranean water 
was already known at that time, namely, qan=E2ts. The Hellenistic 
historian Polybius has left the only ancient description of qanats. 
The discussion is now fueled by recent discoveries made bay a French 
archaeological mission at the Egyptian oasis of Khargeh. In order to 
bring these questions up to date, Pierre Briant convened a seminar at 
the College de France. Researchers from different specialties adopted 
a truly interdisciplinary approach in bringing their points of view 
face to face, where the history of technology, social history, 
economic history and political history intersect and are enriched. 
--With contributions by Pierre Briant, Professor at the Collegege de 
France, Paris; Denis Knoepfler, Professor at the University of 
Neuchatel; Thierry Chatelain, PhD Neuchatel; Michel Wuttmann, Member 
of the Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale (IFAO), Cairo; 
Michel Chauveau, Ecole des hautes-Etudes, Paris; Mirjo Salvini, 
Istituto per gli Studi Micenei ed Egeo-anatolici (Ismea), Rome; Remy 
Boucharlat, Maison de l'Orient, Lyon; Bernard Bousquet, Institute of 
Geography, University of Nantes.


See: http://www.thotm-editions.com/editions/qanats.htm


Pierre Briant
http://www.achemenet.com
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