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Doxology Missions Greece 2019

Roman Aquaduct

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July 21, 2019

After our work shift today (Thursday), we stopped in the town of Moria to see the ruins of a Roman aquaduct. It is pretty amazing to see this feat of Roman engineering in person.

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