Incredible visit to #Palestrina. Sharing a lovely detail from the amazing #Nilemosaic; I'm obsessed with the two #obelisks outside the temple and the #Nilometer!

Picture showing the inside of a Nilometer building in Cairo (Egypt). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilometer for references and more information on Nilometers

6. These were also found in records of past #Nile levels from ancient Egyptians during the #CommonEra (so-called #Nilometer records) -> stationarity of climatic forcing/#teleconnections under different climates