Located in the Syrian desert approximately 25 kilometres south of the River Euphrates, Resafa depended on capturing seasonal rainwater and irrigation systems for its water. This water was then stored in large cisterns until needed.
Creator
Joshua Bryant
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
15th August 2010
Contributor
Joshua Bryant
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Architecture
Tags
Archaeology, Architecture, Byzantine, Cistern, Euphrates, Resafa, Roman, Sergiupolis, Syria, Water
Collection
Item Type
Architecture
Citation
Joshua Bryant Emma Loosley, “Resafa Cisterns,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed February 16, 2025, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/257.