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Theodoric’s Guide for the Holy Land reminded travelers there was no water in Jerusalem other than the rainwater collected by inhabitants and stored in cisterns for daily use.
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Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
The system involved a pool in the courtyard for catching water and two underground cisterns for storing it.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
What with pumping and hauling, filling the cistern’s a two-hour job even with Sid’s help.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Russia has lost 213 vehicles, including tanks, armored fighting vehicles, cars, and cisterns in Ukraine on February 11, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
The system involved a pool in the courtyard for catching water and two underground cisterns for storing it.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
What with pumping and hauling, filling the cistern’s a two-hour job even with Sid’s help.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Russia has lost 213 vehicles, including tanks, armored fighting vehicles, cars, and cisterns in Ukraine on February 11, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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