{"id":40538,"date":"2025-06-19T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/history-of-water\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:16:24","slug":"history-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/en\/selections-en\/history-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"History of water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the bangs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-cite.ch\/\">Festival Histoire et Cit\u00e9<\/a>, and in the wake of Ga\u00efa&#8217;s focus on ecologies and the uses of the Earth, we offer you a new <a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;inst=41BCULAUSA_LIB&amp;collectionId=81369906910002852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">selection of documents<\/a> on water and its many historical variations.<\/p>\n<p>Water, the source of life, nourishes our daily lives and enriches our imaginations.<\/p>\n<p>As we travel down the river of history, we come face to face with the obvious. The domestication of water a few thousand years ago marked a major milestone in the construction of human achievements. From the hanging gardens of Babylon, to ancient aqueducts and Inca irrigation canals, water conveyance systems, to name but a few, have been constantly perfected for our greater comfort.  <\/p>\n<p>An element of well-being and leisure, with refreshing, soothing or curative virtues, which we enjoy here and now in profusion, access to water is a constant challenge in other latitudes. Its management bears witness to our successes and failures, and reveals the formidable human capacity for headlong pursuit. But let&#8217;s not forget, as Gaia does, that if water can make civilizations, it can also unmake them.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>BCUL Unith\u00e8que March 27 to April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the bangs of the Festival Histoire et Cit\u00e9, and in the wake of Ga\u00efa&#8217;s focus on ecologies and the uses of the Earth, we offer you a new selection of documents on water and its many historical variations. Water, the source of life, nourishes our daily lives and enriches our imaginations. 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