The Water Clock

In gentle, lyrical language, THE WATER CLOCK takes readers on a quiet journey back to the ancient world, when people relied on nature’s signals to tell the time. Ocean tides, starry skies, rustling insects, and, of course, the Sun’s shadow were all key signals of the passing hours. But when stormy weather rolled in, it blew these clues away. In response, ancient civilizations around the world all found a beautiful and surprisingly precise solution in another natural Earth element… water.