Shaduf

"Ptah's invention reduces the cost of Farms and enables Laborers to build them faster."
In-game description

Shaduf is an Egyptian myth technology that is available to worshipers of Ptah and can be researched at the Temple and Granary. Once researched, it makes Farms cost less and speeds up their construction.

Effects

Affects	Effect
File:Shared-bld-farm.png Farm	-50% cost and -50% build time

Relic Bonuses

Name	Description
Gambanteinn, Odin's Wand	-25% cost except favor

History

"The shaduf was a simple, but important invention, consisting of a container made of animal skins or clay attached to a lever counterbalanced by stones. The container was used to lift water from the Nile River and dumped into canals for irrigation."
In-game compendium

Trivia

In some versions of Age of Mythology, Shaduf has been found not to reduce the cost of Farms once a saved file has been reloaded.

Myth Tech