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arrangement of pathways for clean and dirty water so they do not mix, and a great many other details must

be considered. And, most important of all, no errors can be made in any of them. The Egyptians knew all
these techniques, and the buildings they left behind prove this.
The architectural techniques they used in the 3,000s BCE were exceedingly professional and intended to

resolve difficulties and problems of infrastructure. Water is of great importance to an arid country like Egypt.
In fact, they found permanent solutions to the problem, including the tanks they built in which to store
water.
A large reserve of water discovered in the Fayum oasis depression is one of these. The Egyptians also
built some artificial lakes to ensure that life could continue in specific regions. These small lakes collected

water from the Nile, making possible an advanced civilization in the Egyptian desert. They constructed Lake
Moeris, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of present-day Cairo, for the purpose of storing water from the
River Nile by means of a canal. Settlements and temples were constructed near this reservoir. 48

The Egyptians' knowledge of medicine, urban planning, and engineering and how it should be put into
practice are just some of the evidence of the exceptionally advanced civilization that they possessed. Their
knowledge and the measures they implemented once again refute the thesis that societies progress from a

One indication of the
Egyptians' advanced
civilization is doubt-
less their knowledge
of architecture and
engineering.

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