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McKracken
(OP) User ID: 77750652 United States 04/04/2022 11:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No reply to this harmless non-political Spaming? Maybe not many readers are aware about the history of the water flushed toilet: In ancient Peru, for example Machu Picchu, Pisac, Ollantaytambo and comparable cities, they had shower rooms with flowing water and toilets, also with a constant water stream, all built from granite slabs with nice water-fall style stone "faucets" and soap niches in the stone wall. Those small rooms were attached directly at the normal houses or a few meters away. Similar stone-constructed toilets with water flow existed in ancient Rome and Greece. Then something happened and the concept of water flushed toilets and bathrooms disappeared and didn't exist during the time of construction of the Palace of Versailles. Also most medieval castles in Europe only had simple dry outhouses without the elaborate water flow seen in the past. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80111165 United States 04/04/2022 11:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No reply to this harmless non-political Spaming? Quoting: McKracken Maybe not many readers are aware about the history of the water flushed toilet: In ancient Peru, for example Machu Picchu, Pisac, Ollantaytambo and comparable cities, they had shower rooms with flowing water and toilets, also with a constant water stream, all built from granite slabs with nice water-fall style stone "faucets" and soap niches in the stone wall. Those small rooms were attached directly at the normal houses or a few meters away. Similar stone-constructed toilets with water flow existed in ancient Rome and Greece. Then something happened and the concept of water flushed toilets and bathrooms disappeared and didn't exist during the time of construction of the Palace of Versailles. Also most medieval castles in Europe only had simple dry outhouses without the elaborate water flow seen in the past. So what, all these examples were isolated in both time and place in history so they all had their own customs. Outhouses or servants carrying chamber pots seems obvious in most cases. Not much of a mystery and certainly not justifying bringing aliens into it. LOL |
McKracken
(OP) User ID: 77750652 United States 04/05/2022 12:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do an image search with "roman water toilet" then with "palace of versailles toilets" and then with "medieval castle toilet". The Roman style was almost the same as those in ancient Peru, both with flowing water as sewer below. The Peruvians had in addition those water flow style faucets directly in the room while the Romans used lead water pipes with valves for the public faucets on the streets. There is some strange discontinuity between that ancient much better design than the dry and smelly medieval and Versailles workaround. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 35257120 United States 04/05/2022 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No reply to this harmless non-political Spaming? Quoting: McKracken Maybe not many readers are aware about the history of the water flushed toilet: In ancient Peru, for example Machu Picchu, Pisac, Ollantaytambo and comparable cities, they had shower rooms with flowing water and toilets, also with a constant water stream, all built from granite slabs with nice water-fall style stone "faucets" and soap niches in the stone wall. Those small rooms were attached directly at the normal houses or a few meters away. Similar stone-constructed toilets with water flow existed in ancient Rome and Greece. Then something happened and the concept of water flushed toilets and bathrooms disappeared and didn't exist during the time of construction of the Palace of Versailles. Also most medieval castles in Europe only had simple dry outhouses without the elaborate water flow seen in the past. I read that South America had a decrease in rainfall leading to the decline of the Mayan civilization. Possibly related? |
McKracken
(OP) User ID: 77750652 United States 04/06/2022 12:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jon Levi points out some interesting details with his videos and he has is own special style. Some of his conclusions are false, but that doesn't invalidate the others he presents. The Airport sign on top of the tabernacle roof is a modern addition for the small airport which existed already between 1900 and 1920 exactly 3 miles west in the direction of the arrow painted on the roof. Look up Salt Lake City airport. If some of those old buildings were created before the 19th century civilization which populated the city from then onwards, it would explain some mysteries. Maybe the contractors and architects weren't humans with their normal metabolism. There is also a story that some large family mansions in British-time India of the 19th century were very elaborately built, but as toilet they used a place in the garden between the vegetation. Though I'm not sure if that's true. Ancient Indian palaces definitely had similar toilets like in ancient Rome and Peru. |
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(OP) User ID: 77750652 United States 04/06/2022 12:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I read that South America had a decrease in rainfall leading to the decline of the Mayan civilization. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35257120 There is some catastrophic event recorded in the famous Dresden Codex. Something definitely happened there shortly before the Europeans arrived. Same, further south in today's Peru and Bolivia, local climate change occurred which lead to the local population's civil war and explains why it was relatively easy for the small number of Europeans to rise up quickly. |
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