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HARUN YAHYA

where the supporting beams need to be placed, how an effective
ventilation system needs to be planned, the arrangement of path-
ways 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 er-
rors can be made in any of them. The Egyptians knew all these tech-
niques, 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 depres-
sion 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 civiliza-
tion in the Egyptian desert. They constructed Lake Moeris, 80 kilo-
meters (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 primitive
state to a civilized one. A society that existed 5,000 years ago pos-
sessed a more advanced level of civilization than some communities
living in the same country today, something that cannot be ex-
plained in terms of "evolutionary progress." There's also no doubt
that during the time when the Egyptians were enjoying their ad-

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