Ancient rivers of life
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Eleven underground and aboveground aqueducts brought 38 million gallons of water to the city of Rome. There were 1300 public fountains and 867 lesser baths, too. Today, there are six grand designs of aqueducts that exist in present-day Rome.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
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On rivers remote and vast
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A river trip tracing Baron Alexander von Humboldt's 18th century route from the Rio Negro up the Casiquiare to the Orinoco is described. The area is the home of the Yanomami Indians, the largest unacculturated tribe in the Americas.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
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Cruising through ancient China
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China offers several major tourist destinations. These sites include Yangtze River with its famous Three Gorges Dam, Daning River, the city of Fengdu, and Beijing with its historical Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
Publication Name: New Woman
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-6974
Year: 1997
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