The Yakhchāl Was A Refrigerator Thousands Of Years Before Refrigerators Were Invented

21/06/2022 3 min Temporada 4 Episodio 793

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Episode Synopsis

Summer is here in the Northern Hemisphere, and a lot of people are looking to keep themselves and some of their foods and drinks cool. That's what the storage building known as the yakhchāl did thousands of years ago. Plus: a guy in Munfordville, Kentucky built his own Stonehenge.
Yakhchāls, Āb Anbārs, & Wind Catchers — Passive Cooling & Refrigeration Technologies Of Greater Iran (Persia) (Cleantechnica)
Kentucky’s Stonehenge is one man’s rocky wonderland (FOX Lexington)
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