The streets of the ancient roman city of Pompeii are peculiarly designed with foot high curbs between the street and the sidewalk. The mystery of why it is designed that way solved by a careful survey which shows the streets are designed to function as flood diversion channels to protect the city doing times of heavy downpour.
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