It may sound a bit far-fetched that ancient Persians saved ice in the middle of the desert as a smart way to cool off and store food during the summer months. In fact, they stumbled across a neat bit ...

Long before modern air conditioning burned through 12 % of the world’s electricity, ancient Persians had already solved the problem. Using wind catchers, underground water channels, and evaporative ...

Currently, the restoration of cob walls and brickwork on the exterior is 70 percent complete, Kerman province’s tourism chief said on Sunday. There have been arrays of such Yakhchals in Kerman, among ...

Yakhchals were ancient Persian ice houses capable of storing ice year-round in some of the world’s hottest desert environments. Built using thick insulating walls, underground chambers, qanat water ...