--The lost city of Petra--

  Here is a discovery i made a few weeks ago, i am working on my book, so i have not posted it until today, i will edit it more tomorrow--

The skinny--


    John Kruschke
January 13 via Instagram

   I made an important discovery, about the Navatian people, and the lost city of "Petra"...also known as "the city of the canyon of the crescent moon", in the "Raiders of the lost ark" movie...I suggest, that the channels cut into the base of the rock, in the winding sliver of rock, where the city's most famous "monolith" is located...were not only to move water...no, they were where all of the water was coming from, in the first place...In modern society, we call it a "gutter-buddy"...meaning, the circular trench, carved into the base of the rock walls, where the air is cooler naturally, creates an area of shade, at the top of the circular "channel" cut into the stone wall, at the base, and this shade makes the "roof" area of the "channel" cooler...generating a good "temperature-differential", between the shaded "roof" of the "channel", and the air immediately outside the "channel"...that is not in the shade...and so, there is "condensate" generated, on the "roof" of the "channel", cut into the rock wall...which runs down the side of the curve of the "channel", cut into the rock, to the bottom of the "channel" (picture a letter "C", to get the idea...meaning...we have a "distilled water generator", that is a long trench, that goes to a large holding tank...the point is, the little "channels" cut into the base of the cliffs, generates the water, i suggest all of the other trenches, move the water around, for agriculture, bathing, or other domestic purposes...the key is understanding "condensation", and the fact that the "thermal-differences" in temperatures, is what creates it...once you understand the way it's naturally formed, a distilled water generator is easy to spot...

best wishes, John Kruschke--

   Below is a second post, from my facebook page, about the concept...


John Kruschke
January 13 via instagram

   Here is a diagram of the "water generator", as i feel it works, at the Navatian city of "Petra"...I believe that the covers are not to generate high pressure, but are instead, to prevent dehydration of the "condensate", that the water generator produces, pooled at the base of the "channel", cut into the cliff wall...As well as keeping dirt/dust from filling the "channel" at the bottom, hindering water flow, and allowing it to be evaporated, by heat from the sun...And this would also explain, all of the pottery found there, to move water around...I suggest, that if they sweep the entire "channel" clear, and make new covers for the base of the "channel", that the water generator will begin to provide water again...and this indicates to me, that the discovery thousands of years ago, in regards to this "distilled water generator", is the true reason that this site was chosen for a massive civilization to be erected...it has the purest water in the whole desert...from out of nowhere...could it be, this civilization was lost due to the understanding of how "condensation" works, being lost??...I feel that the covers broke, one at a time...and eventually, enough broke that the water ceased to flow from it...in fact, the system is likely so trouble-free, that i am beginning to suspect that no one knew how to make new covers, or why they even needed them, for the water generator to function, by the time the system ceased to function, from broken covers, and "channels" filled with dirt, in too many places, along the entire generator's length...Low tech is cool, it lasts a long time...if it's a secret, there is a danger of loosing the knowledge, entirely, if the system can go 800 years without any service...

Note (the proof in the pudding)--

  I believe the serrated edges on the side of the covers, of the "channels" cut into the base of the cliffs at the site, are the proof of my contentions here, about the "channels" being the source of all the water at Petra...due to the need for water to easily enter the troughs, at the bottom of the "channels", while the covers still are keeping sunlight/heat out, to prevent the collected "condensate" from evaporating...it fits...just right...In hindsight, i have to pause, and wonder, how they kept disease ridden rats/mice, or other small creatures, from dying while living in the area under the covers??

  best wishes, John Kruschke--

P.S. : i will work on this more tomorrow...i have to go to work, washing dishes...so, hi to everybody in the anthropology sector of the work-place...hope this is of use to somebody in the profession...