Steven Mithen

8 THE HYDRAULIC CITY

11 WATER POETRY IN THE SACRED VALLEY

6 BUILDING RIVERS AND TAKING BATHS

12 AN UNQUENCHED THIRST

7 A MILLION MEN WITH TEASPOONS

4 ‘WATER IS THE BEST THING OF ALL’ – PINDAR OF THEBES 476 BC

2 THE WATER REVOLUTION

3 ‘THE BLACK FIELDS BECAME WHITE / THE BROAD PLAIN WAS CHOKED WITH SALT’

5 A WATERY PARADISE IN PETRA

10 LIFE AND DEATH OF THE WATER LILY MONSTER