GEÇMİŞİNPetra, Karnak, Alexandria, Istanbul, Angkor, Hampi and Sagalassos: a visual history route through seven places shaped by water.
Choose one question at each stop. Follow the sequence or begin with the city that catches your attention. All seven linked web stories are free to read.
All seven destination stories are available in English; their English route descriptions below are not presented as full story translations.
What makes water part of everyday life?
Move beyond the dazzling façade; read the channel, storage and stone in need of protection together.
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Bernard Gagnon · 2010-04-15 · Image record · CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.
How can water change the meaning of a place?
Walk from the forest of columns to the lake; look for ritual and daily labour behind the monument.
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Marc Ryckaert · 2018-03-24 · Image record · CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.
How many stories can a shoreline connect?
Harbour, vanished lighthouse and the world of knowledge: look at one city through three windows.
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ChasingMeToo · Image record · CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.
Which city lies hidden beneath the surface?
Follow the columns of the Basilica Cistern, from a striking monument to the unseen layers of Istanbul.
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Thingstodoeverywhere · 2012-04-09 · Image record · CC0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained. The 2012 photograph does not depict current lighting or visitor arrangements.
What lies beyond the temple reflection?
From a temple reflected in water to reservoirs visible from space: follow the water and labour that sustained Angkor.
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Satdeep Gill · Image record · CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.
How does water connect the parts of a city?
From the geometry of a pool to a stone channel, from market paving to a living temple: read the connections that sustained Hampi.
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Venkygrams · 2014-10-16 · Image record · CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.
What work allows a fountain to live again?
How does a fountain rise again in a mountain city? Follow stone fragments, water routes and a face in the museum to explore the work of repair.
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Ingo Mehling · 2012-06-01 · Image record · CC BY-SA 3.0. Existing web derivative; attribution and the stated image licence retained.At each stop, ask where water comes from, where it is kept and who maintains its path. These are prompts for looking and reading, not a claim that all seven places shared one system.
Each destination contains its own historical sources and image credits. UNESCO’s Petra account is a useful starting point for the relationship between a settlement and its water system.
UNESCO · Petra ↗This route collects reading destinations. Videos and their languages are described on the individual story pages; this page does not add or claim new films.
Return as new stories join the collection. A journey beginning in Türkiye opens onto world history.
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