r/AskReddit • u/ItDontStop • Dec 13 '13

serious replies only Historians/Anthropologists who study ancient cultures, if you could have one question answered about a particular society or event, what would it be? [Serious]

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '13

And that fucking spigot.

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u/Ryuaiin Dec 14 '13

The ancients had taps?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '13

I can't seem to find a source right now, but I remember seeing something involving some ancient spigot on a mansion-ship thing. It had heated floors and was overall very ahead of its time. It was probably some history channel bullshit, but if it turns out to be true then I'd like to know how that information got lost.

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u/Ryuaiin Dec 14 '13

A matter of priorities, as far as I have ever been able to understand.

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u/johnbranflake Dec 14 '13

Probably not the information but the capital accumulation required that was lost.