Ancient Persia | Clothing, People & Architecture

In ancient Persia around 500 BC, engineers created an ingenious solution for enjoying frozen treats in the scorching desert heat. They built massive underground ice chambers called yakhchals, with walls two meters thick made from special heat-resistant materials. These cone-shaped structures could store up to 5,000 cubic meters of ice, transported from nearby mountains during winter. The ice was preserved through clever architectural features like wind catchers and underground aqueducts that pro