Mayan Plumbing Found In Ancient City

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."

Better than ours?

[SilverHatHacker]

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

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Re:Better than ours?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

It turns out that that only happens when you aren't tossing enough severed heads down the steps of your blood-soaked skull-pyramids, and was thus an unheard of problem.

The "shoddy contractors" theory of water temperature problems is actually just a lie promulgated as part of the post-colonization suppression of native mythology.

Unfortunately

[Anonymous Coward]

researchers found the Mayan plumbing to be full of shit.

History of the World Part I

[rattaroaz]

This reminds me of my favorite scene from History of the World, Part I

"Pump the shit, right out of your house!"

Re:Better than ours?

[rolfwind]

So any /.ers want to volunteer to jump into the volcano?

Re:pattern?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Insensitive clod. I'm reduced to posting messages to slashdot written in my own blood, by the light of a burning hobo, over a half-duplex rfc1149 link.

Re:Pretty Neat

[Cylix]

The History channel's Modern Marvels nearly always provides a reference to the ancient rome.

So much so that a running joke amongst my friends is that when Modern Marvel's eventually covers the "data center" they will likely mention it was first invented by the Romans.

Re:Better than ours?

[electrosoccertux]

No , they sacrificed virgins to prevent that.

Don't say that on Slashdot!

Some people might get nervous around here....

sacrificing a slashdot nerd would most certainly not be my first choice for appeasing the gods. Think of the stench wafting up from that pasty white unwashed skin and oily hair.

Re:Better than ours?

[vegiVamp]

Well, the gods are the ones going on about how it's the inside of a person that matters most. Plenty of insides in a fat virgin.

Re:SOLUTION? DEPORT ALL MUSLIMIICS

[Anonymous Coward]

Fucking sandniggers! (testing the ip blocked thing.)
They are nothing but ignorant Pussies whom could not tell there dads to fuck off; and then go learn a new world intelligence.
When your schools are thousands of years behind in "social teachings" then you are doomed to fail in the long run.
As far as the 70+ virgins; I bet their all children are raped at birth or within a few years of it. Not a virgin to be found anywhere.

The Women of their world need to "STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!"
Change your world before it's to late for your children.

~Teach your Children well~