Archaeology & History
Ancient Mayan fountain discovered
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T.K. RandallMarch 15, 2010 ·
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A Mayan built conduit designed to deliver pressurised water has been unearthed at Palenque in southern Mexico.
The Mayans engineering capabilities are often overlooked but this new find is evidence that they were masters of plumbing in addition to being skilled at constructing large, impressive monuments and structures.
Add plumbing to the mysterious arts of the ancient Maya, investigators report. In a Journal of Archaeological Science study, anthropologist Kirk French and civil engineer Christopher Duffy of Penn State report on a conduit designed to deliver pressurized water to Palenque, an urban center in southern Mexico, more than 1,400 years ago.
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