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Mayan Plumbing Found In Ancient City

Posted by kdawson on from the series-of-tubes dept.

DarkKnightRadick writes "An archaeologist and a hydrologist have published evidence that the ancient Mayans had pressurized plumbing as early as sometime between the year 100 (when the city of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, was first founded) and 800 (when it was abandoned). While the Egyptians had plumbing way earlier (around 2500 BC), this is the first instance of plumbing in the New World prior to European exploration and conquest."

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  1. Re:Better than ours? by thoughtspace · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wonder if their shower temperatures went loopy when they flushed their toilets too?

    No , they sacrificed virgins to prevent that.