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Kilonion (Shantuf). Photo : Augusta Stylianou Artist

An ancient system used for pumping water. It was invented by the civilisations of Mesopotamia. It consisted of a long wooden lever, on the one end of which there was the pumping bucket and on the other a stone as a counterbalance. The manipulator used the weight of his body for the descent of the empty bucket and the counterbalance for the ascent of the full bucket of water

From "Ancient Greek Technology" exhibition at the Evagoras & Kathleen Lanitis Centre in Carob Mill Limassol

Replicas and Reconstruction by Prof . Kostas Kotsanas and his students

Ancient Greece

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