Wind towers used to keep the town municipal water cool in Naein, Iran. Wind towers, or windcatchers, are a traditional Persian architectural element t

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Wind towers used to keep the town municipal water cool in Naein, Iran. Wind towers, or windcatchers, are a traditional Persian architectural element to create natural ventilation in buildings; the devices were also used in ancient Egyptian architecture. In Nain, an ancient city in the desert in Iran.

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