Though they look like giant clay beehives, these structures in the deserts of Persia were used to make something much more needed and much harder to come by in ancient times: ice. [trib.al]
Ancient Structures Used to Make Ice in the Persian Desert
Yakhchāls were created in around 400 BC to fill the great need for year-round ice.
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