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Ancient Mayans Had Toilets, Fountains
Ancient Mayans and toilets: Scientists have uncovered elaborate subterranean aqueducts built to take advantage of the spring-fed streams at the ancient Mexican city of Palenque.
Kirk French, an archaeologist, and his colleague Christopher Duffy, a hydrologist, both from Pennsylvania State University, detailed their findings this month in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
According to their studies, the ancient Mayans had the skills and ability not only to pull running water into their villages, but to have created fountains and toilets by controlling water flow.
Scientists have uncovered elaborate subterranean aqueducts built to take advantage of the spring-fed streams at the ancient Mexican city of Palenque
They believe the Mayans had discovered how to control water pressure and use it to create running water in their palaces around 750 AD.
This belief was reinforced by the discovery of a buried conduit nearly 216 feet in length located on a steep slope that narrows sharply at the end of the spot where the water flows into. Researchers calculate that the water pressure as it flowed downward could have created an arc nearly 20 feet high as part of a spectacular fountain, or to push running water through their palaces.
The further discovery of ceramic tubes, likely used to direct running water, puts the Mayans at the top of the engineering pile.
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