Ephesus Study Trip for Tour Guides - part 2

Here we are proceeding with our Ephesus Study Trip sequel with our 2nd post.
In this post we will share couple of videos discussing the information about Water Sources and Water Lines in Ephesus Ancient City and the Terrace Houses. 

Underground water lines and the fountain in Terrace Houses
In this video he talks about the water system in Terrace Houses 2 Dwelling Unit 6,
They found a direct water line from the Trajan Fountain to this specific House's banquet room continuing to the Vaulted Basilica structure next door where there is a pool placed to that location.
A person can enter this underground water tunnel and Mr. Icten has been there as well.

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The Hellenistic fountain at the entrance of The Terrace Houses unit 2,
at the entrance before you enter while at the stairs if you look right behind the ticket booth There is an Hellenistic Fountain, so the Terrace Houses was built over that earlier Fountain.

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The Private Bath at dwelling Unit 6 at Terrace Houses
there is an arched or vaulted structure here.
According to some researchers see there is a small door here.
according to some researchers originally there was no door here, later periods this area was used as storage. There is a door here, once you walk through the door on the floor you can see the earthenware pipes called Tubula. These pipes would go all the way up towards the ceiling. So we can call this a Bath Structure.

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The water systems at Ephesus and the water distribution wells
​In this video he talks about the water systems.
There are 3 major water systems at Ephesus.
One of them comes from Kusadasi (Kustur area) direction, one of them comes from the inland southeastern part of Ephesus from Aydin.

Another one comes from the Northeast part of Ephesus from Belevi district.
Apart from the fountains fed by these water systems in the city, courtyards of each house have wells placed in the center. And some of the houses have the wells inside as well. These wells would supply the water needs of the household, also if you are this wealthy you can also bring water from the main water systems to your home like here.
There is one well over here in this house and according to the researchers this particular one has been used since the Hellenistic times.

And he shows the supporting marble on that well with 3 niches inside, where you release the buckets with ropes and this well goes 15 meters (45 feet) deep.

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The water storage around Keci Kalesi Fortress
In this video her talks about a garrison located on the northeast side of Ephesus to protect the vicinity from a high ground hillside. There are 3 leveling pools, so the rainwater is gradually collected in three phases and get collected in the cistern. Last time he visited there it was blown up by dynamites by illegal excavation.

In the hellenistic period this garrison was very active and the soldiers would stay there with their families. And it is surrounded with protection walls with a citadel. There is a 40 ton capacity water storage carved into the bedrock and formed a cistern for harvesting the rainwater and store it in the cistern. ​

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The Tunnel underneath the Marble Street
In this video he talks about the underground tunnel sewage system at the Marble street.
The dimensions are 3mt x2 mt.
It is from Hellenistic period running along the whole street.
The marble street's surface is shaped like fishback with a gradient angel at both ends to funnel the rain water.