Yakhchal

What is a Yakhchal?

The ancient Persians were Indo-Iranian people who came to Iran around 2000 BC, possibly from the Caucasus or Central Asia. They had developed a cooling system that utilized ice from the winter which allowed them to preserve what they had throughout the hot desert climate. What were these buildings called and when were they built? […]

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