Calls to return the Yarmouk water tunnel to the tourist map

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- The Yarmouk Tunnel or &quot;Decapolis&quot; in <strong>Irbid</strong> Governorate, north of the Jordanian capital, <strong><a href="http://jo.arabiaweather.com/content/%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A... , is one of the most important giant water tunnels that were built during the Roman Empire. It took more than 80 years to build the tunnel, and Arab residents participated in it.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Jordanian researcher, Dr. Ahmed Malabeh, was behind the discovery of the tunnel, which he confirmed, according to consultations he conducted with international research centers, that it is the largest tunnel discovered so far from the effects of ancient civilizations.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A Jordanian-German-American team reached amazing results related to the engineering methods that were used to determine the direction of water flow with high accuracy inside the tunnel. tunnel, stressing that the degree of inclination was equal to (0.1) for every one kilometer.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And he indicated that the measurement was made using advanced and modern devices that operate with laser beams, and that the team found rocky outcrops in the tunnel walls at different heights, as each protrusion contains an oval cavity in order to know the level or height of the water inside the tunnel during different time periods.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Scientists and researchers in Jordan demanded that the historic tunnel that was dug to transport water through the cities of the Decapolis be returned to the <a href="http://jo.arabiaweather.com/content/12-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D... tourist</a> map, after being marginalized for several years.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>