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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:Pretty Neat by Hurricane78 · · Score: 1, Troll

    why did their civilization suddenly die out?

    Are you actually serious with that question???

    First of all: There are still 6.1 million Mayans around. Mostly in Yucatán, Guatemala (40% of the population!), Belize (10%), and Honduras.

    Second: Hmm... there was this pretty big thing around 1492, wasn’t there? I think they “discovered” something. What was it again? India? Antarctica? I know it started with A... And then someone wanted lots of gold or something, and paid with, I guess mostly with diseases... Hmm... somehow I can’t remember it... <:-[[ Do you?

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