Olga Volchkova Russian/American, 1970
St. Date Palm - Print available
14" x 12"
Signed print available $100
Signed print available $100
Phoenix dactylifera: it makes the deserts bloom. It also inspired the creation of the ancient pump, what was later called 'Archimedes' Screw,' which pumped water into the famous gardens of...
Phoenix dactylifera: it makes the deserts bloom. It also inspired the creation of the ancient pump, what was later called "Archimedes' Screw," which pumped water into the famous gardens of Nineveh, which we call today the Gardens of Babylon. The Akkadian word for this pump is the same as that for the date palm. The palm trunk forms a helix, in which water cascades down in a spiral, so the pump simply rotates the helix in order to raise water.