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Mamluk startup nation? 15th-century water tech boosted sugar industry in Israel’s north
A series of tunnels near the Amal Stream in the Beit She’an Valley were created by the Mamluk Empire some 600 years ago to power mills used to process sugar, a new study has found, shedding new light ...
Beneath the verdant pools of Gan Ha-Shelosha lies a network of medieval tunnels that once powered the thriving sugar industry of the Mamluk Empire. Hewn into soft tufa rock along Nahal ‘Amal, the ...
A system of tunnels carved into the tuff of Nahal ‘Amal, dated to the 14th and 15th centuries, reveals the use of brackish water to generate mechanical energy, redefining the medieval industrial ...
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